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Originally Posted by driyac
Sorry Stig but I don't believe this. The paint comes from PPG and since it is water based the Metalliac Flake is standardized. Thus meaning anything with flake in it is the same.
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I hear what you're saying - but it's true. There was some particular ingredient in those colors that came exclusively from the plant that was destroyed in Japan. Since many vehicle across the company's portfolio were effected, not just Camaro - they opted to kill the colors and replace them ASAP.
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Originally Posted by SleepWarz
That happened because of GM, not due to the populace. ABM was unavailable on SS's early production orders for no good reason. ABM also had poor representation in adverts, and then they go and say 'low sales' which is absolute bullshit, the sales are low BECAUSE GM MADE THEM LOW on purpose with their failures. To cut a colour and blame sales when its the companies fault is bs.
Its like they put them all under the counter and was like 'Well nobody is buying the stuff they cant see so we may as well discontinue it'
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? Uh, do you really believe that?
Here's the cliff notes of what happened:
- GM offered Aqua Blue Metallic.
- People did not buy ABM in sufficient numbers. I think the percentage was 3.5, or something like that.
- GM faced losing $$ because the aged, unused paint in the factory needed to be thrown away since it wasn't being applied to cars at the necessary rate.
- Sales of the color didn't increase as they kept track of the situation...
- GM pulled the plug on ABM, because in Oshawa...paint hoppers are a limited resource.
It's nobody's "fault". I challenge anybody to really *blame* anyone. For example? It is a customer's FAULT that they liked another color better than ABM? No...Is it GM's FAULT that they didn't want to lose money on a color that isn't selling? I certainly don't think so...
The reason it disappeared is a reality of the marketplace, and GM adapted to what was going on. Plain and simple: Nobody is at "fault", and there's no BS.
