Some of the Autoweek Talks topics get the figurative treatment—others go more literal. This will be one of the latter. When I think Blues, after I think about Nas and Olu Dara, I think about Yas Marina, not the racetrack, the powder blue-ish paint on BMWs. And then I think about my ’63 Pontiac Star Chief’s engine block—now that I think about it, those blues are very close. But I digress. Here are the best blue paint jobs, not including racing liveries—our own Mike Pryson has that here—just factory colors.
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2020 Honda Civic Type R in Boost Blue
The newest edition to the blues is Honda’s Boost blue on the new Civic Type R that debuted at the Chicago Auto Show. We don’t just love the color because we love the car—though we do—we love it because it’s both exotic and not exotic.
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2020 Honda Civic Type R in Boost Blue
It’s bright, and will catch the eye of everyone including police, but it’s not bright yellow or green or purple, which is almost exclusively reserved for supercars.
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2020 Honda Civic Type R in Boost Blue
The Type R has new two-piece brake rotors, while suspension revisions include updated dampers for improved ride comfort, stiffer rear bushings for better grip and revisions to the front suspension and steering for better steering feel.
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2020 Honda Civic Type R in Boost Blue
If you want to blend in with the Type R, get the gray—if you don’t, here’s your color.
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500
Ford Performance Blue looks good under or over white.
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2020 Ford F-150 Raptor in Ford Performance Blue
This grayish-blue made a recent comeback as Ford introduced the new Mustang Shelby GT350, Ford GT and F-150 Raptor. It’s now available on a bunch of the company’s cars, and it might be the best blue in this bunch.
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2020 Ford F-150 Raptor in Ford Performance Blue
It looks cool but still blends in, and it looks great under white or gray stripes. It’s obviously no Alpina green, which is THE current best color on the market, but I wouldn’t mind dousing my gray Mustang GT with a couple buckets of it.
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2020 Ford F-150 Raptor in Ford Performance Blue
Ford Performance blue also looks great against a sandy, dusty backstop.
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2020 Subaru WRX STI in WR Blue
World Rally blue from Subaru is found on almost 50 percent of WRX STIs in Japan. For some reason standard WRX buyers don’t like it as much.
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2020 Subaru WRX STI in WR Blue
When I see the color, I think of Colin McRae’s rally car with a yellow “555” splattered across the side. In fact, when I visualize any sporty Subaru in my head, it comes in WR blue.
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2020 Subaru WRX STI in WR Blue
I've said before, when a high-winged WR blue STI is in your rearview mirror, you get out of the way.
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2020 Subaru WRX STI in WR Blue
WR blue is close to royal, but with a metallic edge.
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2020 BMW M3 in Yas Marina Blue
Yas Marina blue from BMW is inspired by the racetrack of the same name and falls in between royal and powder. It’s close to Columbia blue, which I know from my time in the screen-printing industry.
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2020 BMW M3 in Yas Marina Blue
It’s a wild color, but again, not totally exotic either. It also has a habit of looking great in front of dark colors and not so great in front of light colors. Again, if I wanted to blend in with an M3, I wouldn’t choose this color.
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2020 BMW M3 in Yas Marina Blue
We had a long-term BMW M3 here at Autoweek a few years ago in this exact color.
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2020 BMW M3 in Yas Marina Blue
The complicated Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi was designed by Hermann Tilke. The track is accented in this light blue color.
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2019 Chevy Camaro SS in Elkhart Lake Blue
Elkhart Lake blue, another paint color named after a racetrack—it’s the where Road America is located—makes the Camaro and C8 Corvette look unlike anything else.
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2019 Chevy Camaro SS in Elkhart Lake Blue
This color is also metallic, but darker and maybe a little more menacing than WR blue.
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2019 Chevy Camaro SS in Elkhart Lake Blue
The Chevy Camaro SS comes with a 455-hp, 455 lb-ft 6.2-liter V8. The six-speed manual is the best option, but the 10-speed auto is better than expected.
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2019 Chevy Camaro in Elkhart Lake Blue
The 2019 Camaro SS gets a bigger, blacker grille. The lower-trim models split the grille with a body color bumper.