all i can say is, if that orange-red un-wanted color makes it thru to the usa 2008 models, some top executive that may be color blind, must have huge decision power weight, to be able force his will for this color on the usa.
no one seems to like it, that has seen it in person, outside, in the daylight/sunlight. everyone i have talked with, after seeing it, decided to go with one of the other five different smart exterior colors.
the company aparently has been repeated warned. but did it fall on deaf ears? even the 800 toll free hot line, said they have gotten many red-orange color complaints. they said the smart president had stated his preference for a more red red, offering a hope it may be corrected.
if the president can't right this, the person forcing the unwanted orange-red on usa customers, must be way up the power tree. and is likely to soon get a good share of bubbling 'badwill', or worse.
this was not a difficult issue to resolve. the warnings were broad, widespread, obvious.
i have never heard anyone, saying they love this red-orange color after seeing it in person in normal outside daylight. Nor heard of anyone with interest to order it, after seeing it in person. I have heard, that once seeing it, they would not order it, even though previously, unseen, it was their first order choice.
the car and driver photos of the red convertible look good, likely because they added blue and/or additional camera filters to change the look of the red, to something better.
its almost become amusing. the company has had a far in advance warning, to change this unwanted color. will stubborness prevail, letting it ride, as is?
in the final moments, did someone with power at the company, finally see the light, and changed it to a more generally pleasing acceptable normal red?
we really wont know, the end of the story, until we see it on the lots.
one good thing, may be, that since the panels can be changed, and since the company may have to face 'red-orange rejection disinterest reality' when they hit usa soil, ... a new normal acceptable red, may only be 12 to 24 months away.
well, we saw what we saw, at the july event. we should reserve additional comment, until seeing in person, with our own eyes in outside daylight, what color red or orange-red, arrives on the usa dealer lots, by march 2008.
we really wont know, for sure, how, or if, the company dealt with the issue, until then.
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