socalsharky

I concur. The photo appears to be Graphite Gray, and the autobytel configurator looks bogus for all of the colors.

Were those actual painted metal samples that you photographed? All I have seen so far is the glossy chips in the brochure. If so, how would you describe the Samurai relative to the Graphite? Did you see those at a US dealer?

bklynJim

Thanks guys. Based on this I think I'll stick with the Samurai. I really wish I could see it in person before my order is locked but that's not likely I guess.

Gassermd - does the Samurai sample appear less metallic (shiny) than the graphite?

gassermd

@socalsharky and bklynJim These were just the chips that they showed me at the dealership on laminated cards, probably not much better than the brochure, but i was able to compare them side by side. The graphite gray has that beige tinge to it which makes it appear a little lighter. The Samurai Gray was definitely a darker deeper shade though still with the metallic finish, more along the lines of daytona gray in terms of shade that others have mentioned in other threads. The sample cards were not that much larger than the brochure (maybe 2x3 inches,) so it was hard to tell if there was that same look of another color like GG, but convinced myself that maybe there was a blueish hue (I could be totally wrong about that.) My understanding is that all the dealerships have the reams of flashcards that have the colors for comparison. the one i flipped through had all the Q7 colors from the present generation both new ones and old ones. My SA said it was to give buyers at least some idea of the color change/ differences.

cosmokitty

Today my order got bumped from a mid-Jan to mid-Mar ETA. My dealer looked in his system and said all the Samurai Gray orders in the NYC region got pushed back two months. Might need to switch colors -- I've asked him if Graphite is still being offered (and on a reasonable schedule).

bklynJim

My dealer originally said late January as well. I asked SCarGuy on here to run the Comm # which shows mid March.


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mynewq7

Good grief. Was hoping to see Samurai Gray in person before ordering. If they don't start hitting until Mid March I might as well wait to order a 2019!

bklynJim

Also, no BOP on mine so that's not the production holdup.

cosmokitty

No BOP here either. The paint is definitely the issue. Have you asked if it is possible to change an existing order to Graphite for more timely delivery? I haven't gotten a clear answer on that.

bklynJim

I tried to order graphite originally as my advisor had said it was possible but when we were placing the order it showed graphite was no longer in production. I think I'm going to wait for Samurai. April isn't that far away!

orenal

I order Q7, Samurai gray in Sep. 2017, initially the delivery date was end of Nov. got pushed to end of Dec. and now it got pushed again to Feb-Mar.
Decided to cancel this order and got the Graphite gray instead.