Noble M12 at Motorexpo

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[jonh]

Looks georgeous. Glad I,m getting one, its given me doubts about whther I chose the right colour now though.

[DanH]

Yep that red is stunning. Photos are in gallery below if people haven't seen it.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dharman/030602%20-%20Canary%20Wharf%20MotorExpo/

[joust]

Hmm - am I the only one that thinks that red makes it look a bit like a machbox toy????????

Strange, and I love the Ur in red - not sure why I don't like the M12 in it?

J

[michael_JCWS]

Should really have been shown in Titanium Silver or Azure Blue IMHO. Red just looks a bit odd

I thought the GTC was supposed to be there as well ?

Cheers

Michael

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michael_JCWS said:I thought the GTC was supposed to be there as well ?

I thought that too. No-where to be seen.

It seemed like there were more dealers there. The Noble was on the same stand as the two Elises. Next to the 575 and Maserati, which i'm assuming were dealers' cars... The Impreza was a dealer's car too.

Maybe they'll bring more cars in later in the week.

Andy

[michael_JCWS]

I'm guessing that the Noble, Lotus, Ferrari e.t.c are all HR Owen cars ?

Shame Noble aren't there themselves

Cheers

Michael

[zumbruk]

michael_JCWS said: I'm guessing that the Noble, Lotus, Ferrari e.t.c are all HR Owen cars ?

Yep. Not that I'd buy anything from HR Owen after the way they treated me when I tried to buy an Elise there.

[DanH]

I love that colour. Looks great in the flesh, and the interior is a marked improvement imho. Also the faired in lights work wonders on making it look less 'kit'.

If only I could afford one, I'd drive one in that spec away

[amg merc]

DanH said:
Yep that red is stunning. Photos are in gallery below if people haven't seen it.

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~dharman/030602%20-%20Canary%20Wharf%20MotorExpo/

Well done with the photos - now I need to get down to MotorExpo by Sat to check that red one out! Up until now it was one of the silvers or maybe met green - so now I must ad red to the list - it looks superb (a Ferraris Dino that won't rust!).

I'm visiting the factory next week and need to decide -has anyone been there lately, if so, what colours were there?

Lastly, from the interior photos it looks like the steering wheel has been updated - has it?

Cheers.

Thanks!

[stuh]

I popped down to see the car today. Love the new headlights, give the car a much more polished appearance but hate the car in red, makes it look a bit kit like in my opinion. Also not convinced that the wing in body colour is that nice or why there are leather inserts on the dash ?

I was also hoping to see the GTC and the mythical roof

It was excellent to hear passers by going "ooh look, a Noble!" rather than last years, "ooh look, a new Lotus type thing"

[PetrolTed]

michael_JCWS said: Should really have been shown in Titanium Silver or Azure Blue IMHO. Red just looks a bit odd

I thought the GTC was supposed to be there as well ?

Cheers

Michael

I spoke to Lee Noble today (he was at a track day I attended. They're chocca with work and haven't progressed the GTC very far yet).

[DanH]

I popped down to see the car today. Love the new headlights, give the car a much more polished appearance but hate the car in red, makes it look a bit kit like in my opinion. Also not convinced that the wing in body colour is that nice or why there are leather inserts on the dash ?

Surprised you think that as it just looked a whole lot more production to me.

I'm hoping people start to get them in red as frankly I'm bored of seeing them in blue and silver.

[joust]

DanH said:I'm hoping people start to get them in red as frankly I'm bored of seeing them in blue and silver.

Says the man with a Red Elise MKII - not exactly unique are we

[DanH]

joust said:

DanH said:I'm hoping people start to get them in red as frankly I'm bored of seeing them in blue and silver.

Says the man with a Red Elise MKII - not exactly unique are we

True but at least the Elise comes in more than 2 colours And hey, I bought it second hand so wasn't too fussed about the colour.

Its just a shame that people seem to only buy the colours they see in the demonstrators (appart from that yellow that wasn't to peoples taste it seems).

[joust]

When you are spending £50k on a car - trust me that you tend not to order in a colour that you haven't seen.......

[stuh]

I think most cars tend have a palette of colours that naturaly suit them. I think in the Nobles case this is blue, silver or any medium dark colour. Maybe we can get blue to signify Noble in the same way that red symbolises Ferrari

[DanH]

Yep I wouldn't have risked a colour I hadn't seen either. Still my point was that I thought the red looked fabulous, so hopefully we'll see a few on the road now.

[michael_JCWS]

Whats happened to the new 3R wheels ? I know there was a little delay with them, but are they in the UK yet ?

I was told that you can only order the 3R with the new wheels (personally I prefer the standard 3 wheels) oh well

Cheers

Michael

[JimNoble]

I was told that you can only order the 3R with the new wheels (personally I prefer the standard 3 wheels) oh well

It's not a reliant robin you know... ;-)

Jim