Any White UK Accord Type R's?

[Mr_Yogi]

I remember watching Top Gear with Damon Hill putting the ATR through it's paces snd thinking how good it looked in white, but I've only ever seen them in Black, Red and Silver.

Does anyone have a white one?

[ALawson]

There is a chap on www.accordr.org who has had his resprayed white he is in the UK, all others are on mainland Europe.

[AntiguaBill]

THEY never sold Championship white ATRs in the UK. Pirate's black is best anyway

[Mr_Yogi]

AntiguaBill said:

THEY never sold Championship white ATRs in the UK. Pirate's black is best anyway

Cheers, that'll be why I haven't seen any then

[danrc]

I saw a white Accord Type R when i stayed in the Hague, Holland. It looked amazing!

[Martin Keene]

AFAIK the only white Type R's were the pre-production prototypes and the first 100 cars off the line. Most of which were demostrators and the press launch cars. How many of those made it the general public I don't know.

Also, it wasn't a true white. It was Honda Championship White, supposedly had a pearl tyep finish to it. Supposedly the reason it didn't go through to production is because it was bitch of a colour to get a decent finish with.

[zax]

They were sold in champ white outside the UK (although not in huge numbers, maybe a limited run?). I've only seen one such car here in Finland. Not sure if that one was local or if it was imported from elsewhere in Europe. It was rather nice

[giger]

If they did produce official white ATRs in the UK, one has never come up for sale. There are some knowledgeable and long term owners on accordR and no one knows of a single one. There may have been 1 white promo car, and chances are it is in a car collection/honda museum somewhere.

It doesn't come down to finish, as the championship white JDM EP3s where built in swindon and exported.

[aji621]

^^ if thats the case they wernt painted in swindon as there is no championship white production line there, the colour is so advanced it needs its own line unlike other colours... & the swindon plant just isnt big enough to accommodate it

[hifihigh]

Hi, sorry for my ignorance but what is so special about championship white? Surely it has a paint code like any other colour that can be replicated by any decent paint shop?

[10 Pence Short]

hifihigh said:

Hi, sorry for my ignorance but what is so special about championship white? Surely it has a paint code like any other colour that can be replicated by any decent paint shop?

The weather over here does funny things to it. It's very difficult to paint match a champ white car once it's been out in the wild for a while.

[giger]

aji621 said:

^^ if thats the case they wernt painted in swindon as there is no championship white production line there, the colour is so advanced it needs its own line unlike other colours... & the swindon plant just isnt big enough to accommodate it

JDM EP3s where built and exported out from Swindon. Not sure how, but they were!