ayfourthreepointoh

Trying to decide on a color combo for an S7 - Phantom Black/Lunar Silver or Ice Silver/Black. My last 2 cars have been silver exterior/black interior for a reason, it's the most practical color combination (and i think it looks good), i live in the city where it's hard to get to a car wash regularly, and i have 2 young kids so i care about keeping my cars clean. i think the ice silver looks understated and classic, but the black looks great as well, makes the chrome accents of the car really pop. Which would you pick and why?

Omeletpants

I originally bought a Brilliant black a5. Had it for 3 months and traded it for a quartz grey a5. The swirls, dust and paint imperfections drove me crazy. Black is not a color it's a full time job.

Also, the lines of the car show up much better on a lighter car and the beauty of the 7 series are the subtle creases in the car. You want to see those fully.

Not sure why you are looking at silver instead of Quartz grey. It's an elegant and traditional Audi color which they used in their ad campaigns for years. Shows practically no dirt

looking@audi

OK, last 2 cars have been silver. Time to mix it up and go black - Phantom Black!

ayfourthreepointoh

True, i would consider Quartz gray. the one S7 print ad i saw had what i thought was an ice silver car but it could have been Quartz.

Is this quartz gray or ice silver?

60614allroad

Quartz Gray I think

Omeletpants

This is a picture of the quartz. The silver is very nice but under full sun it washes out. It is lighter than quartz. Silver looks best under indirect sunlight , dusk etc.

That picture of the quartz is also not representative as doesn't show the true shine of the color.

Here is a much better [picture of quartz grey

ayfourthreepointoh

i'm no expert but omeletepant's pic looks like daytona gray to me, it looks to dark and rich to be quartz. in fact, that pic is from the 2007 geneva auto show, not even sure quartz gray existed at the time?

RS-SIX

Neither...I believe this is Prism Silver which was supposed to be one of two S exclusive colors for 2012/13 but Audi dropped the color availability at launch and just kept Estoril Blue.

+1 for the call on Quartz over Ice, btw

Omeletpants

I'm positive that is quartz grey. Daytona has more purple in it and would even be darker. Outside of direct sunlight Quartz has a medium grey color.

BTW, I believe Audi has had Quartz for many years. It's one of their traditional colors and they used it as the showcase color in their brochures and ads before white became the rage

clintb

This car is Prism