Re: 1982 GTV6's in the USA, and that "special" color combination

["John Hertzman" <johnhertzman@domain.elided>]

I don't mean to be unduly argumentative (although I probably am), but Nicky
suggests that "it's not a few paint formulas which govern but the need to
carry high-value interior parts in multiple colors. I am not sure they ever
offered more than 2 at any time (black and blue superseded by black and tan).
Seen that way around, by limiting the number of upholstery colors, the number
of paint colors had to be limited (blue with brown, gold or burgundy?)"

OK, but later US GTV6 paint color options included shell white and midnight
blue, which to my color-blind eyes would go as well with the blue leather as
any of the paint choices they did use. At least on the chip-chart I have the
near-black midnight-blue metallic looks like the most congenial color one
could have paired with the horrid blue leather, but it was available only with
tan, the "blue with brown" combination which Nicky seems to suggest would have
been outlandish.

I fully sympathize with Nicky's wish to find logic in Alfa's cosmetic choices,
but I am resigned to thinking that the aesthetic component in Milanese design
(furniture, architecture, graphics, industrial design as well as Alfas) is
highly variable- sometimes brilliant, sometimes eccentric, sometime amusing,
sometimes unfathomable- but seldom fully rational, and I look for the
character, continuity, and merit more in other elements of the product. I
didn't buy our Milano primarily for its looks, although I did chose what I
thought was the least worst option.

Cordially,

John
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