Sadly, this has been the realization for a few of us chatting via messenger about the color. It's falling flat. Flat on the concrete...... For those of us wanting an actual color.
Is there another example of this ever happening before? If this one off color is working, why not go with it? This is an unnecessary bait and switch situation. Ford will lose money on this.Yup. This is very disappointing. They surely used a 1-off custom mixed paint for the showcase vehicle that was changed for production.
Although we must also realize that those cans were painted months ago and there is still a possibility that they made further changes to the paint composition for actual production. We won't know that for sure until they release pictures of a pre-production vehicle put together on the assembly line in Cactus Gray. (Note: Ford has still not put out the official paint code/mix for vendors to make. 2021 Bronco paint codes)
Wow thanks. We got there early and it's still early in the week, so volume of folks haven't quite filled up. They had their vehicles spread out too, so allowed everyone to do the same. It was great to see the excitement, and would love to see the place on Friday and or Saturday with everyone there. The classic Bronco's were still arriving the whole time. I'll make a separate post of all of those that I was blessed to witness. Cheers
As soon as I got up on the hill I forgot about the tours and they took the black one before I could look at it lol. It is cool to see all the originals with different colors even though it was early yet. Sounds like the field will be bouncing Fri/Sat
Agree ... and this truck, if not color touch up, was resting on grass and had some trees around. It may slightly take on the color that it is around. This cactus gray was on a table, so it was not "tainted" by its surroundings.
It's a SHOWCASE vehicle. It was probably built and painted months before the Visual-Arts-majors got together in their all-black outfits and decided what % of the color pallet should be trendy (grayscale).
Thanks for the definitive no. It just seems so odd that Ford is sticking with the name Cactus Gray which would lead one to believe that it had a green tint. As a cactus is well, green.
I've actually been wondering about that as if all is to be believed and that is all that can be had on the FE, I took a look at the optional Raptor seats, Bronco Sport and the Bronco: without better photos they all look very similar (materials aside)
THIS. Cactus Gray was definitely the most disappointing color at the event. Nothing exciting about it at all. Stayed concrete gray the entire time I was there. Couldn’t find any greens or blues present within it.
I definitely think Ford failed on the available paints this go around. With a vehicle like this they should have came out with a bunch of cool unique paint schemes. Or at least offered better colors.
They need some sort of tan and green color. Maybe something that resembles sand and a dark forest.
Seems like a definitely huge missed opportunity...
