How rare is this color in the US?

by "cuts_off_prius" (cutsoffprius)
Published 02/01/2017 at 16:12

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This is a cropped still from my dash cam. I don’t recall ever seeing this color on a MB in person, except maybe on an older SLK. Looks like something straight out of the European market to me where, you know, they actually give you more options. I love the quirkiness from this era.

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"Seat Safety Switch" (seat-safety-switch)
02/01/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 1

I think I’ve seen one of the C230 Kompressor uglymobiles in that colour before, but I can’t have seen more than one.

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/01/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 3

“...where they actually give you more color options”

Well I’m sure I don’t know what you mean

"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
02/01/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 1

That color is rather common in Euorpe.

"PotbellyJoe and 42 others" (potbellyjoe)
02/01/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 1

I saw a Merc in that color, that is to say I seen one.

"Party-vi" (party-vi)
02/01/2017 at 16:26, STARS: 2

Not all that rare. My old coworker had one of these.

"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
02/01/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 0

I think I had a toy model in that colour actually..

"cuts_off_prius" (cutsoffprius)
02/01/2017 at 16:32, STARS: 0

Aww, man. Thought I struck gold for a sec!

"Roadster Man" (roadsterman)
02/01/2017 at 16:39, STARS: 2

Yeah, this blurple was on a crapload of 90's Mercs. One of my favorite car colors ever, up there with BMW’s Laguna Seca Blue and Porsche’s Mint Green.

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
02/01/2017 at 16:43, STARS: 0

Weirdly enough, whenever I DO see one of these, it’s this color.

"Tazio, Count Fouroff" (tazio0625)
02/01/2017 at 16:56, STARS: 0

“Blurple” hahahaha good

also apt

FWIW I have seen a few around in this color. Every time the reaction is do a double-take; ask, “was that really the color it looked like it was?”

"Svend" (svend)
02/01/2017 at 19:29, STARS: 1

Not sure about elsewhere but these are typically found in the U.K. this colour or silver.

Looking at Autotrader right now has 73 of these for sale from 1995 to 2002.

34 Silver

32 Blue

5 Black

1 Green

1 Red.