Suzuka Grey
Market Find: 2023 Audi exclusive Suzuka Grey R8 V10 performance with Ocean Blue Leather
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Generally speaking, life is cyclical and the world of Tailored Driver is no different. Like seasons, Tailored colors on the secondhand market seem to cluster and we’ll spot incredibly rare or interesting specs in twos and threes. Case in point is this Tailored Driver, a 2023 R8 V0 spyder in Audi exclusive Suzuka Grey Pearl Effect paired with exclusive Ocean Blue extended leather.
Market Find: 2022 Audi exclusive Suzuka Grey RS 5 sportback
Will·
Within the Tailored Driver spectrum, it's difficult to get more subtle than Audi's Suzuka Grey. Pearl off-white in the right light and simply basic white in others, the color blends into the parking lot masses more than you'd expect. In fact, it's so subtle that it's nearly impossible to accurately capture in photos, making it somewhat of a hard sell when time comes to spend $3,500 on Tailored paint.
Market Find: Mislabeled Suzuka Grey Audi RS 6 Avant in SC
Unless you look closely, Suzuka Grey is virtually white. It's also slightly on the cool side of the grey spectrum, as is Glacier White Metallic from the standard palette of the RS 6 Avant. So, when a 5K mile RS 6 Avant pops up at a Ford dealership, you'd forgive them for mislabeling the car. We found this car auto-listed (probably due to vIN) as Audi exclusive paint on a major listing site, and followed it through to the dealer site to find more information. While there, we found its listings where it's mislableled as Glacier White while also listing its VIN. Since we suspected it was Suzuka Grey, we ran the VING and found it confirmed it is indeed Suzuka Grey.
Color Focus: Audi Suzuka Grey – LY7F
So far as we can tell, Suzuka Grey Pearl Effect first started appearing on quattro GmbH company cars at the Audi factory facilities in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm during the early B7 RS 4 days. Typically paired with black optics, it's been mostly an RS model only offering here and there over the years, most recently being a model year color palette offering on the RS e-tron GT.
Color Check: Audi exclusive Suzuka Grey RS e-tron GT performance
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Japanese Market A8 Special Edition Utilizes Audi exclusive Paint and Trim
[source: Audi Japan, translation by Apple] Audi Japan (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Brand Director: Matthias Shapers) is a limited model...