enochroot

Anyone ever seen this color before? Magnetite Black (183)

It's available as one of the paint options for 2012 C63's.

Obsidian Black, which is what I ordered mine with is not listed, and shows up on my order as (Special Order)... Wonder if that will delay production of the car?

Code Paint Color Cost
040 Black $0
183 Magnetite Black $0
497 Cuprite Brown $0
590 Mars Red $0
650 Arctic White $0
775 Iridium Silver $0
779 Sapphire Grey $0
792 Palladium Silver$0
794 Pearl Beige $0
799 Diamond White $0
890 Lunar Blue $0

PatSC23

theyre offering diamond white!!

YYZ-E55

Magnetite is beautiful - it is a really dark Tenorite Grey (Steel Grey) without the blue undertone.

PatSC23

so whats sapphire gray?

obsidian05e55

ooh la la.. Lunar Blue!

YYZ-E55

Sapphire Grey = Alabandite Green/Alabandingrau in Germany. It's basically Palladium Silver with a green undertone.

Lunar Blue = Cavansite Blue in Germany. It is a replacement for Tansanite Blue (359) and it's much less purple.

olszowa12

This is Magnetite Black:

PatSC23

thats nice - reminds me of bmw carbon black

enochroot

Now for the million $ question

Obsidian Black OR Magnetite Black

Savoy6

depends if you want the door handles to match or not.

Wolvesq

I ordered Sapphire Grey on my 2012 thinking it would be the closest equivalent to the now unavailable Steel Grey. I'm unaware of any Sapphire Grey photos on the net. Any sense if Sapphire Grey and Steel Grey are anything close to one another? I'll have to run some searches on the German color you cite.

park423

kind of reminds me of old school "pearl black"

noodleman

The configurator is up on the germany website if you want to play with the colours/options.

http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/...XHOC:15hadrbkp

DuaneC63

Magnetite Black. Less of them around. I see my color steel grey everywhere. Saw a Lunar Blue a showroom. Very striking.

enochroot

Making the move to magnetite black. Saw a new SL in the color, gorgeous.

Wolvesq

Thanks Noodle. I was hoping sapphire grey would be sort of a gunmetal grey, like Steel Grey, but it looks a lot lighter in the configurator. Kind of disappointing -- the gunmetal look is what I really wanted. I may have to rethink things.

Jycke

FYI, my order included diamond white, BUT, because of trouble in Japan the production has been severely stalled.
The next delivery is yet at this point unknown. Thus i guess it's gonna be magnetite black for me as well..or lunar blue

Wolvesq

In case anyone else is interested, I found a few photos of what appears to be a C class in the new Sapphire Grey. Rather poor lighting, but kind of underwhelming.

GHAZAN

how can u tell

Wolvesq

Bah, those photos shrunk like a mother for some reason when I attached into the post. You can see larger versions here:

http://www.donohoemercedes-benz.ie/u...01118202242680

Wolvesq

Alright, can anyone identify the color on this 2012 c63 wagon?

dsr123

Looks like palladium silver.

Jmcintire217

This is a new color for the S-Class Sedans. This color is not availble on any other of the MB line currently.

timmy18

Just ordered a 2012 C63, went in to the dealer today to service my other car, decided to check out the colour while I was there.

Word of warning to those wanting to order magnetite black without seeing it first - the blue tinge is VERY noticeable under any light. I went in today and the sky was very overcast, but the blue was still very prominent. Definitely NOT a "dark grey".

If any of you are thinking of ordering the colour, I recommend that you SEE IT IN PERSON FIRST!

I ended up sticking with obsidian black (can't go wrong with that)

DuaneC63

I haven't seen it in person but it sounds like a darker version than the Metallic Steel Grey which has lots of blue in it. Hard to beat black. However black is not a color, it is an obsession.