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Old 04-28-2015, 10:35 PM
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I have 8 weeks to choose a color. Should be plenty of time, especially since I want grey and there now seems to be only one remaining option: ammonite (not counting storm grey, which is borderline black). Satellite grey: gone: Stratus grey: gone. Lunar grey, which was on the configurator a few weeks ago: now gone.

Also, the online pics of ammonite cannot be the same color. Half are probably mislabeled.

How about posting some pics of your ammonite F-Type? Or links to hi-res pics?
 
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Old 04-28-2015, 10:40 PM
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Look up the website of Jaguar of Exeter in New Hampshire. They have a 2016 Ammonite Gray R Coupe on the site with photos. Nicely specced too.
 
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Old 04-29-2015, 10:25 AM
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Ammonite. Its a bit meh. Meh-cerdes.

I prefer Storm with black pack or the lighter grey with silver wheels and no black back but design pack.

Ammonite:





 
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Old 04-29-2015, 10:27 AM
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Storm grey, black pack:


 
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If it helps, here is my new R in Ammonite. As with all these choices, it really pays to try to get to see the real thing. Storm looks closer to Ammonite than Stratus, which can look almost black in low light conditions.

 
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Ammomite looks very similar to Lunar grey in certain lighting situations.
 
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Old 04-29-2015, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by kevinuk
If it helps, here is my new R in Ammonite. As with all these choices, it really pays to try to get to see the real thing. Storm looks closer to Ammonite than Stratus, which can look almost black in low light conditions.

I know Stratus Grey. I have Stratus Grey. You sir are no Stratus Grey. Poor attempts at [political] humor aside, Stratus Grey might "look almost black in low light conditions" but only, I would add, in photographs. I've had my Stratus Grey for over 7 months now - in all lighting conditions - and it's never ever looked black, or even almost black, to me. Not in person. Just wanted to clarify that. Of course many colors - all quite beautiful to me - often don't photograph "true to life".
 
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Does anyone have a Storm Grey? In the above picture and the pictures I have seen it looks just as dark or the same as Stratus Grey.
 

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Old 04-29-2015, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ShaunPA
Ammomite looks very similar to Lunar grey in certain lighting situations.
Yes, they're pretty close and sometimes difficult to separate at first glance. Both nice colours IMO.
 
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I know Stratus Grey. I have Stratus Grey. You sir are no Stratus Grey. Poor attempts at [political] humor aside, Stratus Grey might "look almost black in low light conditions" but only, I would add, in photographs. I've had my Stratus Grey for over 7 months now - in all lighting conditions - and it's never ever looked black, or even almost black, to me. Not in person. Just wanted to clarify that. Of course many colors - all quite beautiful to me - often don't photograph "true to life".
Indeed.
 
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As a photographer, I can tell you that even with a picture taken under perfect lighting conditions, viewing on the internet is "sketchy" at best.

Without a color calibrated monitor, or perhaps the wrong white balance point in the camera taking the photos, color in pictures when viewed on monitors USUALLY do NOT match what the eye really sees in person.
 
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Thanks for confirming - I used to be a fashion photographer a lifetime ago - seeing, in person, is believing. Unfortunately many of us in some parts of the country have much less ability to do so...so there might be a certain leap of faith when it comes to color choice.
 

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Thanks to all who have posted pics. More ammonite grey pics would be most welcome. Seeing it in person is the best thing, of course, but I might not have the opportunity to do so before ordering.
 
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Pick mine up this week. Will post pics. I ordered it sight unseen, but have been pleased with the recent pics I've seen. Darker than Lunar.
 
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