Mazda notes, for the RF, you cannot order Soul Red with the burgundy interior, presumably on account of taste. If Rays are specified, then the mirror case is by default piano black.
Why no BRG with tan interior 
lol.
Because it looks naff and old hat? Ok maybe on cars with a vintage flavour, but the ND belongs firmly in the 21st Century.
The ND is certainly a thoroughly modern car. Not sure if BRG would attract that many buyers, it’s a bit dark and gloomy to my eyes. A nice blue, or maybe a light yellow could work. It would certainly be good if Mazda came up with a few more colour options.
Well given that AE30 orange takes us back to the seventies*, I’m not sure BRG is such old hat. Not sure about the chrome on the example ND posted above.
- I loved the colour enough to buy an AE30, though I suspect Mazda’s choice went like this:
Mazda: Hi we’re looking for a special colour to make our AE30 MX-5.
Paint Manufacturer: (thinks, I’ve got to unload that batch of primer that came out glossy) How about grey; call it something like poly metal?
Maz: No we want it to stand out from our standard range…
PM: Black?
Maz: a colour that no one else is using…
PM: (off stage: Fred-san, do we still have that Porsche Tangerine/Rootes Wardance/Triumph Vermilion at the back of the warehouse ? - only enough for 3000 small cars? Cans a bit rusty? Well we’d have to change the labels… Okay I’ll see what I can do…) How eye-catching do you want?
Maz: Retina burning if possible - they’ll stand out; we’re only doing 3000 Worldwide.
PM: (can’t believe his luck) Well our paint engineers have just developed a special colour that really is bright. For that few cars it’ll have to be a special order so extra cost sadly.
Maz: Sounds marvellous, How would you describe the colour?
PM: (not so sure this will work now) Err… it’s quite orange?
Maz: Well that might be okay, but we need to work on the colour name.
PM: (joking) Mazda Racing Orange?
Mazda: Brilliant! We’ll take it. Thanks. Bye.
Paint Manufacturer: Thanks for your order. Bye.
Paint Manufacturer: Fred, beers are on me tonight!
Quite like BRG on the ND shape, the front part being somewhat reminiscent of the 1950’s Vanwall. Don’t go much on light coloured interiors, as they tend to discolour and look worn too soon. As for other coloured exteriors, Blue, Emerald Green metallics and definitely a good solid YELLOW, with a dark interior, wheels and badges!
Merely postulating why Mazda has never seen fit to release a ND in any share of green in all of its years of production. I assume Mazda has carried out the necessary market research, and presumably concludes that BRG or whatever they want to call it, is a bit of a turn off.
Just like there is probably a sound reason why orange is not made a regular colour for the line up. If its a 1970s colour (not sure it is), does that mean Mazda’s target market continues to be those over the age of 60? Or maybe they should be looking to a buyer for whom there is no memory of the 70s or older.
Love those Rays 16" wheels. I’ll be straight to the dealer with my wallet out if they come to the UK.
Not sure BRG is old hat, plenty of F-Type Jags out there in a nice shade of dark green… But I guess it’s not necessarily BRG. Would love to buy a ND(if I could afford it) if it where available in dark green, and it’s my favourite colour for a car. The ND in those pictures is very nice… Replace the chrome with black trim, and a black soft top and its a very nice looking car!
These wheels are a bargain from Rev9 at the moment, only 500 bucks a corner!
https://rev9autosport.com/rays-volk-racing-ze40-16-wheel.html
plus, shipping, duty, VAT etc!!!
Its our fault all the years of complaining Mazda are not using enough primer they finally put some on, they just need to put it on the underside now and find a nice colour for the top.
I do quite like that green, nearly my BBS Zsport alloys as well.
The hood colour and all that chrome spoilt the green completely…
Totally agree! And I hate “Fussy” wheels!
The 17” Rays on the 30th AE are £1000 each if you need to replace one…
Would that be for the “Forged” ones or the genuine ones?
Maybe Mazda don’t want to do a green colour because it is considered by some as an unlucky colour for cars. A long time ago a relative of my ex-wife bought a brand new Renault 5 “Wimbledon” special edition model. It was white with green stripes and green plastic bumper inserts etc. Because he considered green to be unlucky he had the dealer remove the green stripes and bumper inserts etc. to clinch the deal. However he had to cover up the green stitching on the steering wheel himself, which he did using black shoe polish The car was written off the day after he took delivery
. Yes, so green may be unlucky if you believe it to be
. It may also be that green cars hide themselves well on narrow green hedge lined country roads.
My Dad’s green Morris Isis lasted 370K miles and forty odd years without a ding, but in a dry country (now called Zimbabwe) where both green and rust were rare. It was all the dust and road coloured ones that were dinged, frequently
The green item above is beyond ghastly . Stevie Wonder special edition is it ? Awful chrome highlights , naff tan hood and silly wood trim . And a wood rim wheel - in 2019 ? But green is fine -maybe with a much darker tan interior and , obviously , the nearly yellow door cards binned .
I think the Ford Deep Impact Blue seen on sportier Focuses would suit , as would a lighter , Gulf type blue (but please God, no orange stripes a la Steve McQueen …)