Is Gold a rare color?

Ok in the next month or 2 i am getting my mechanics Gold 1983 911 targa with 113,000 miles on it.....I was wondering if the Gold targa is rare and valuable....Because i have a very rare maroon color on my 944 and it brings up the value....I like having the only Maroon 944 in town...all the other ones are black or guards red.

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85.5 Porsche 944

I don't thing a car in a specific color is considered any more valuable since it is somewhat subjective. I don't recall seeing the Blue Book adding value to colors in there resale prices.

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8 9 9 1 1, The last of the line.

Raf,

If you think maroon 944s are rare, don't ever go to the campus of Texas A & M University in College Station, TX ... there are probably only 150-200 of them there ...

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa

well there are different shades of maroo....i am talking over here in Florida.....well the color is rare compared to guards red and black heh anyways back to the 911...I think its a peetty nice color and is different what do you guys think

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85.5 Porsche 944

Gold? Is that the "Champagne" colour? I think "Champagne" is the official name. I looked at a chmapagne '82 SC and really liked it - including the brown interior (it reminded me of an old mark 1 VW Scirroco I used to have). My wife, however, hated it, so I guess it is all personal preference.

For me, the ultimate colour is black - and I know a few here will agree!

Bill

[This message has been edited by billyb (edited 01-18-2001).]

In general I don´t think that any color will actually make a Porsche more valuable. More desirable yes, but not more valuable.
On the other hand some colors will make a Porsche less desirable and less valuable. Just think about a brown one...

Last summer I met a ´84 Carrera owner, who had bought it from the original owner in 86. At the time he could only just afford a 911 and this one was the cheapest available, so he bought it. The original owner had found it difficult to sell because of the color, which was...GOLD.


Mika

I agree with Mika. Gold is NOT a popular Porsche colour.

If you're talking about the yellowish, bronze gold color, I don't care for it either. My '85 Carrera's color is called "white gold metallic" (brown leather interior). I thought it was "champagne" until I saw a color chart that says it was a special order. Is very close to silver, or gray w/ gold mixed in. Kinda neat 'cause when it gets dirty, it doesn't show! Really changes its looks in different kinds of light.
regards,
jlex.

Andras Nagy and I have cars that are a fairly unusual factory color. Only offered in '83, and then again in '84 as a "custom" color for a premium, and never again. It is not a color I would have picked, but I realize now that it is a gorgeous color. Hard to describe.

It is called Quartz Grey Metallic in this country which is misleading. German is Rauche (Smoky) Quartz Metallic. It is a real chameleon. Looks dark at night. Looks bronzy in the day. Spectacular color. Slight pinkish hue. Reminds me of an old baseball glove or a dark cigar. The best single word is bronzy, Gold highlights.

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'83 SC

is this the gold you guys are talking about? this is my '81 and i believe this color is called "platinum". i may be wrong.

this is my first attempt at posting a pic.

White Gold Metallic
(85 911 Coupe)
Neither silver nor gold:

Schubee, let me help:

thanks jack..........you da man!

Originally posted by JackOlsen:
Schubee, let me help:

It looks like this one except black leather and a turbo whale tale


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85.5 Porsche 944