Similar color to my 2000 VW Passat. It was called Satin Silver. It mostly appeared silver but in sunlight it had a gold luster to it. My 2011 Golf TDI which was Reflex Silver was pretty similar to my Sonic Silver CX-5. My last VW 2017 Golf was Tungsten Silver. It was darker than the Reflex Silver & close to my son's 2016 Mazda 3 which is Liquid Silver.
I usually want to get the top of line model with every possible features I want directly from factory. I wanted the Jetta GLI at the time because it was assemblied in Germany not like the Golf from Mexico. I planned to special order one but my VW dealer found one I wanted from another VW dealer and drove it over through the dealer trade. That’s a lesson I learned, not to do that anymore to let someone who doesn’t care about new car break-in and drives your brand new vehicle for 50 ~ 100 miles over on the highway!
We sure have plenty of ex-VW owners here! My previous 2001.5 VW Passat GLX 2.8L V6 with 5-speed manual was in Reflex Silver Metallic. It’s a bit darker than my Jetta’s Diamond Silver Metallic, but it’s a bit lighter than Sonic Silver Metallic on my CX-5.
Yep! I've had a 1976 Rabbit in Chocolate Brown (I don't remember the exact color name) and a 2004.5 VW Passat Wagon 4Motion 1.8T in Stonehenge Gray (silvery green); no more VW for me as I got burned twice. Back to the Platinum Quartz discussion, VW had a similar color on the 1st gen Tiguan and possibly other models appropriately called White Gold. GM too on large recent Buick sedans. I suppose prospective buyers of a 2024 CX-5 can see for themselves if they like this color or not, personally I wouldn't mind I've never had a similar color before.
i wish i had one of the older ones. my mom had a 95 jetta gl in the beige color that was nice (especially after they repainted it under warranty). car felt peppy back then, even with the 4 speed auto. would probably feel downright anemic today. i later had a decontented '12 jetta se auto with the 2.5 litre I-5 that i liked. the car was grey, and apparently grey VWs are dent and scratch magnets. it was a nice color for a grey nonetheless. later had a '16 golf se with the 1.8 turbo which was even quicker. dark blue which i regretted getting to an extent. wished i had gotten the dark silver, and a sportwagen. car was 10 times nicer than the jetta though.
I also just noticed that the body colored Signature cladding is now standard on all non-turbo models with the exception of the the flat black cladding of the 2.5S Carbon. The other 2 turbo models get gloss black there. That's more in line with the 60, 90, (and 70) to go with the 5s redesigned lighting done back in 2022. Is that an indication that Mazda may be keeping the CX-5 around for more than one or 2 more years?
