[MDLSLK55]

Hmmm... according to this, Capri Blue looks much more "blue" and bolder -- very similar to the Caspian blue car posted by MDLSLK55 above. I'm pretty sure I saw a Caspian Blue sedan at the MB dealership, and it was a very dark, almost black, blue. Now I'm confused again.

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm fairly certain Mystic Blue is NOT the same as Capri Blue...it is much more "blue".

 

[Henryhank]

Caspian/Benitoit blue is a great colour in any ligthing. It is a real chameleon hue. It is blue-black at night, it is navy blue on cloudy and rainy days and it is dark turquoise under the sun. I love it!

Wow, that's a great pair of photos! Thanks.

The photo on the left is the color I saw at the MB Dealer for Caspian Blue... but wow, in the sun, that's awesome.

Does anyone have a similar pair of pics of the same car for Capri Blue?

 

[Zut]

I'm pretty sure I saw a Caspian Blue sedan at the MB dealership, and it was a very dark, almost black, blue.

My salesman told me that Caspian/Benitoite blue was available for other MB models as a Designo colour. However, I think the sedan you saw was more likely Black Opal, one of the great MB colours. Unfortunately, it is not available for the SLK.

 

[Woolly]

. . . no offence to any green slk drivers out there . . . .

Non taken :burnout:

 

[ir-ops]

...ok ok, now that i see yrs, i might have to revise that statement/thanks wooly .

ir-ops

 

[Zut]

Everest/Andradite Green is a wonderful colour. In fact, I almost chose it. Unfortunately, the metal colour swatch at my dealership was not very accurate and looked cheap. Too bad I couldn't see it "in person"...

 

[Henryhank]

With all due respect to the green SLK owners, I think I'll pass on the green. While it is a great looking color by itself, it looks almost identical to the millions of the dark green BMW 3 series cars out there.

 

[Woolly]

And silver doesn't :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

 

[ir-ops]

how do swirl marks look on caspian blue? as bad as black 040? still deciding on color for my 09

would you pls elaborate on the 040 issues (and what abt the 197?)/thanks...
brgds/ir-ops

 

[Henryhank]

And silver doesn't :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:

I eliminated Silver already! Now my choices are down to Blue (don't know which one yet), and possibly Firemist Red.

 

[alroumi]

Henry,

You cannot lose with the Caspian blue especially if you go for the blue leather interior or the new yellow like beige on the 2009 models.

 

[Henryhank]

I would love to find a Blue/Blue SLK... but I'm limited to pre-owned cars. I have a local exotic/sports car dealer here that goes to all the regional auto auctions and looks for cars his clients want -- he then buys them at auction, and then sells it at cost to his clients, plus $2000 for his fee. It's worth it -- since I can get a perfect condition car for less than the public market. He's at three auctions this week, and will see more than 29,000 cars go by. Since it's Friday and I haven't heard from him, he didn't find what I was looking for this week. There's always next week.

 

[jbanks15]

just got off phone with my sales guy and was asking him about caspian blue for 09 slk 55 amg and he said sorry, capri blue, no caspian. darn!

from zut:

Calcite White (650)
Fire Opal/Mars Red (590)
Black (040)
Cubanite Silver/Pewter (723)
Iridium Silver (755)
Jasper Blue/Orion Blue (345)
Obsidian Black (197)
Palladium silver (?)
Periclase green (300)
Tansanite Blue/Capri Blue (359)
Thulilte Red/Storm Red (541)

 

[alroumi]

just got off phone with my sales guy and was asking him about caspian blue for 09 slk 55 amg and he said sorry, capri blue, no caspian. darn!

from zut:

Calcite White (650)
Fire Opal/Mars Red (590)
Black (040)
Cubanite Silver/Pewter (723)
Iridium Silver (755)
Jasper Blue/Orion Blue (345)
Obsidian Black (197)
Palladium silver (?)
Periclase green (300)
Tansanite Blue/Capri Blue (359)
Thulilte Red/Storm Red (541)

Thats too bad, I had a feeling your looking forward for a Caspian blue SLK55.

 

[alroumi]

I would love to find a Blue/Blue SLK... but I'm limited to pre-owned cars. I have a local exotic/sports car dealer here that goes to all the regional auto auctions and looks for cars his clients want -- he then buys them at auction, and then sells it at cost to his clients, plus $2000 for his fee. It's worth it -- since I can get a perfect condition car for less than the public market. He's at three auctions this week, and will see more than 29,000 cars go by. Since it's Friday and I haven't heard from him, he didn't find what I was looking for this week. There's always next week.

I think Blue/Blue is extremely hard to find, I hope you are able to get one as its a unique setup.

 

[smoothbnzf4n4tc]

Just one thing you should remember that if you're planning on getting an '09, capri blue has been discontinued. However, you can still get it via special order/designo for a charge. Good luck with your choice!

Sorry I meant CASPIAN blue is discontinued...

 

[Zut]

I would love to find a Blue/Blue SLK... but I'm limited to pre-owned cars.

Blue on blue can be tricky... I was told blue leather does not always age gracefully.

Here is a picture of a blue/blue SLK I found on this site: http://www.mbslk.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=4nAlbum&file=index&do=showgall&gid=352

Compare it to my Caspian (Benitoite)/beige with wood trims.

 

[Duo-Art]

I like the contrsat of the beige interior in Zut's car better than the blue interior of the other picture.

 

[alroumi]

I can see were you are heading Zut, if only the leather was more of a nautical or navy blue rather than pepsi blue hue.

 

[FishtailnZ]

Looks good Woolly!

That's the first pics I've seen of a blue interior, SLK, thanks Zut. I agree though that blue may not age well, from what I've seen of it in various hues in other cars - notably Z3's and Volvo's.