Steel Grey ... discontinued? New colour available... ?

Nev75 · **June 28, 2009, 02:01:33**

Hello All,

I'm very close to buying myself an i30.

I was told by a dealer yesterday that the Steel Grey colour has pretty much now been discontinued, and a new colour is being introduced. This new colour is somewhere between the silver and the steel grey.

Anyone know whether this is true, and know exactly what this new colour looks like?

Thanks!

Nev

Jon · **Reply #1: June 28, 2009, 02:19:25**

Yes it's true, I got told the same thing the other day. Also, apparently Moonlight Blue has been discontinued to be replaced by a more sky-blue-ish colour. No idea what either of them looks like.

accim · **Reply #2: June 28, 2009, 07:34:38**

Two great colors being discounted? Why?

I was deciding between the two colors, than I chose third, but nevertheless, hope the new ones will be nice..

LuciferDarklord · **Reply #3: June 28, 2009, 08:45:58**

Why the hell would they change two extremely popular colours? Weird.

Blue · **Reply #4: June 28, 2009, 08:50:47**

Quote from: LuciferDarklord on June 28, 2009, 08:45:58

Why the hell would they change two extremely popular colours? Weird.

Maybe the Korean equivalent of K-Mart ran out of the base paint ??

i30Dave · **Reply #5: June 28, 2009, 09:45:53**

This could decide whether i buy another Hyundai in the future. The steel grey
colour was the big thing that made me buy the i30.

Dazzler · **Reply #6: June 28, 2009, 10:00:02**

Welcome nev75.. Unfortunately I think your sources are correct (we have been hearing similar on the site for a while)

I am fairly certain these will be the new colours...

Sky-blue (as in the popular Getz colour...

Hyper Silver.. (courtesy myrrh55)

ozsnowman · **Reply #7: June 28, 2009, 11:02:38**

Well, my Steel Grey just went up in value lol

Nev75 · **Reply #8: June 28, 2009, 11:17:09**

Dazz,

Thank you for the welcome, and for the pictures showing the colours!

And yes, "Hyper Silver" is exactly the colour that he mentioned.

Nev75 · **Reply #9: June 28, 2009, 11:34:38**

Will the Hyper Silver be a metallic colour?

Dazzler · **Reply #10: June 28, 2009, 12:03:48**

Quote from: Nev75 on June 28, 2009, 11:34:38

Will the Hyper Silver be a metallic colour?

Doesn't look like it from the pix...

Here is the link I got the photo from (there are other photos - doesn't say it is metallic paint)

http://porterhyundai.com/web/1124/vehicle/191805/2008-Hyundai-Tiburon-GT-Newark-Delaware?condition_id=10425

LuciferDarklord · **Reply #11: June 28, 2009, 12:49:43**

Doesnt look very appealing in the photos.... (the silver)

Dazzler · **Reply #12: June 28, 2009, 13:15:00**

Wonder if Hemmi, Tim or Shambles (or anyone else good at photoshop) could recolour an i30 in these 2 colours to see how it looks...

Nev75 · **Reply #13: June 28, 2009, 13:18:16**

Thanks again Dazz.

I have to agree with Lucifer, that it doesn't look too appealing. Why they have replaced steel grey with this is a mystery.

A photoshopped image of the colour transposed on an i30 would be good to see though.

At this stage I reckon that I'll go for the continental silver.

Hemmi · **Reply #14: June 28, 2009, 13:44:50**

I cant believe this, Hyundai's steel grey is so much better than for example Toyotas and Mazdas steel grey, they are to light for my taste but Hyundai's is darker and has more depth in it.

Hemmi · **Reply #15: June 28, 2009, 13:49:00**

Quote from: Dazz on June 28, 2009, 13:15:00

Wonder if Hemmi, Tim or Shambles (or anyone else good at photoshop) could recolour an i30 in these 2 colours to see how it looks...

No need, found these on the korean forum.

Dazzler · **Reply #16: June 28, 2009, 14:09:31**

Thanks Hemmi..

So that's the hyper silver (looks like an iridescent there) and doesn't look too bad I.M.O.O.

What about the sky blue?

OR do you think the darker one is the Hyper and the lighter one the sky?

Hemmi · **Reply #17: June 28, 2009, 14:13:06**

Quote from: Dazz on June 28, 2009, 14:09:31

Thanks Hemmi..

So that's the hyper silver (looks like an iridescent there) and doesn't look too bad I.M.O.O.

What about the sky blue?

OR do you think the darker one is the Hyper and the lighter one the sky?

I believe the lighter one is Hyper, It's not bad but not as good as Steel Grey, IMO.

Dazzler · **Reply #18: June 28, 2009, 14:23:06**

I think it looks better on the i30 than on the Tiburon...

Nev75 · **Reply #19: June 28, 2009, 14:26:46**

Thank you Hemmi,

It's not as bad as I thought it would look .. but agree that it's certainly not as good as the steel grey.

Dazzler · **Reply #20: June 28, 2009, 14:34:06**

Here is the Hyundai Worldwide site ...Basically Head Office...

http://worldwide.hyundai.com/

and they show 11 colours for the 130 including the 7 we currently get in Australia (they are still not showing Hyper-Silver or Sky Blue for the i30)

Very strange!

You can jump from that site to sites in all other countries UK only gets choice of 5 colours as does USA and Canada for the touring..

But.. New Zealand with a far smaller market has choice of all eleven (it's not fair ... I'm going to bed!)

Hemmi · **Reply #21: June 28, 2009, 20:31:30**

Quote from: Dazz on June 28, 2009, 14:34:06

Here is the Hyundai Worldwide site ...Basically Head Office...

http://worldwide.hyundai.com/

and they show 11 colours for the 130 including the 7 we currently get in Australia (they are still not showing Hyper-Silver or Sky Blue for the i30)

Very strange!

You can jump from that site to sites in all other countries UK only gets choice of 5 colours as does USA and Canada for the touring..

But.. New Zealand with a far smaller market has choice of all eleven (it's not fair ... I'm going to bed!)

Don't forget Iceland with it's 320 thousand people and eleven colours available

Dazzler · **Reply #22: June 28, 2009, 22:39:10**

That's it! I'm going up the house to "throw" some more paint on...

MRH130 · **Reply #23: June 28, 2009, 23:02:21**

Does seem mildly bizarre to get rid of Steel Grey, but I'm sure they had their reasons. If I didn't live in the country where my car gets dirty and chipped all the time I would have definitely gone for Steel Grey. We have a Steel Grey SLX in the family and it's gorgeous. There must be some reason for getting rid of it, all I can think of is that perhaps they weren't selling that many of them. It's definitely the nicest looking colour but I don't see that many of them...

Interestingly, although Moonlight Blue is popular with some people, we always found it a very slow seller. We had an auto SX Diesel in Moonlight Blue that was in stock for over 12 months, which is unheard of with i30s, especially diesels. Only had one or two ever ordered in that colour too.

The one that sat "on the shelf" for so long is now my cousin's!

I'm sure they'll come out with some interesting colours. I don't really like the new colours they just brought out on the Getz, but at least they're interesting...

guinness · **Reply #24: June 29, 2009, 02:32:22**

i quite like the hyper silver 8)

CRDi_Fam · **Reply #25: June 29, 2009, 02:49:45**

Does this mean we should stock up on Steel Grey touch-up paint?!

Sadly, I have had to get a little bottle of it already to deal with an embarrassing 'anomaly' (that occurred when the car was < 1 week old), so I have some....will hang onto it, it might become a collector's item!

The hyper silver looks OK IMO and I guess new i30 buys won't have anything to compare it to in a while, but I'd have though the current Steel Grey was a very popular colour.

nutter67 · **Reply #26: June 29, 2009, 04:17:57**

Unfortunately it is very true, Steel Grey has been superceded by Hyper Silver. Fingers crossed, I should be able to get some photos of the Hyper Silver very shortly - when my CW is ready to be picked up. The trouble will be getting some comparison photos

reecho · **Reply #27: June 29, 2009, 07:25:46**

The side badging on AUS spec I30's has been deleted from June production onwards....

ozsnowman · **Reply #28: June 29, 2009, 12:34:18**

Well, now the Steel Grey qualifies as a limited edition

**Reply #29: June 29, 2009, 17:42:28**

I found a touchup paint catalog online and it listed hyper silver as metallic. Not sure I'm liking the hyper silver, especially if it's the lighter one of the two above. Thinking about canceling my order...