Originally Posted by lkchris

Mercedes calls it Andradite Green in rest of world. #816

Just like my GL's "Desert Silver" is Travertine Beige elsewhere.

MBUSA thinks Americans can't handle "odd" color names, it appears.

Originally Posted by edwinwalke

Guess they figured Americans would not want a car with paint color named after a stone so they named it after a mountain in Napal (Everest) for the U.S. market.

Go figure, some marketeer probably took a while to think that one up.

Originally Posted by Boulder GT3

Congrats on the CDI. I'm selling mine after owning it for a year. It's really too bad that Americans in general have such a lousy opinion of diesels. The car is fast, doesn't smell, and get's crazy good mileage. Only knock offs are some rattle and a little more expensive to maintain. It's a real answer now that can cut energy use. It's pretty easy to run the math and see how modern diesels could save 10% of consumption and that would have a very material impact on oil pricing. off the soap box now.

Enjoy the car.

Originally Posted by nopcbs

Judging by your stable listing, fuel costs should be the least of your worries. You know, Miatas are a lot of fun and get about 2X the mileage of your beasts, if it's fuel use that you worry about a lot.

Originally Posted by Boulder GT3

I can't say that about hybrids which if you look at cradle to grave probably aren't as wonderful for the environment as they may appear in the ads.