Planning to replace my RRS 4.4 HSE after 3 years and 41,000 miles, and I am curious to see the Almond/Nutmeg interior combo planned for '09. Thinking of ordering with in Bourneville exterior. No swatches or photos at dealers over here yet, and wonder if anyone has seen and can give an opinion. Was hoping for Tan leather to be available in the U.S., but understand that the only possibility is if there is a "limited edition" later in the '09 model year. Also intrigued what the Bourneville brown will look like. Again, any thoughts welcome, or better still photos!!!
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Out of interest, what is the depreciation like on a RRS in the US like at the moment...
- I heard that smart cars have an 18 month waiting list in Texas. Texas! unreal. (I'd understand if that was California). 2022 P440e AB

RRS was just over $61,000 new, and trade value should be about $40,000. Mine is 3 years old with 41,000 miles. My dealer tells me that his resales still command very good prices. If you are curious you can go to carmax.com who have a nationwide inventory of vehicles. Here in Texas the average mileage is higher than the national average at about 16,000-18,000 miles per vehicle. Not much public transportation and trip length can be very substantial. My daily commute is 75 miles, which is not unusual. I regularly drive Ft. Worth to Albuquerque which runs about 1400 miles r/t and not always in the RRS. RRS is awesome on the long runs, and will happily go all day at 75/85 (and I mean all day) and you can end the 10 hour or more driving day still feeling comfortable. Don't know much abut the Smarts, but have seen very few on the roads here. Not sure how well they will sell, as this is still V8 and pick-up country. 2011 BMW X3 35i Carbon Black
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AlsaaMike, the new Almond / Walnut is a good choice. It has a certain style which puts it above most other interior trim colour options available at the moment.

The bournville black exterior colour is also very classy. It is described as black with a hint of brown which conjours up images of a certain brand of dark chocolate manufactured by Cadbury's. But in direct sunlight it gives off more of a dark plum sheen which is really impressive. Arctic Frost TDV6 SE. Aspen Leather, Cherry Wood, Privacy Glass, PTI, Tow Pack, Mudflaps, Tasmods, a new Fuelflap, a RRSport.co.uk umbrella in the boot & a RRSport.co.uk sticker on the rear glass.
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Sounds nice TB

I remember years ago I got a new car in dark aubergine. Most of the time it looked very dark purple/black but in the sunshine it went a lovely deep metallic purple.

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AlsaaMike wrote:

RRS was just over $61,000 new, and trade value should be about $40,000. Mine is 3 years old with 41,000 miles. My dealer tells me that his resales still command very good prices. If you are curious you can go to carmax.com who have a nationwide inventory of vehicles. Here in Texas the average mileage is higher than the national average at about 16,000-18,000 miles per vehicle. Not much public transportation and trip length can be very substantial. My daily commute is 75 miles, which is not unusual. I regularly drive Ft. Worth to Albuquerque which runs about 1400 miles r/t and not always in the RRS. RRS is awesome on the long runs, and will happily go all day at 75/85 (and I mean all day) and you can end the 10 hour or more driving day still feeling comfortable. Don't know much abut the Smarts, but have seen very few on the roads here. Not sure how well they will sell, as this is still V8 and pick-up country.

Supertrotter wrote:

Sounds nice TB

It does... looking forward to seeing it in the flesh. Sounds a bit like the various "coloured" blacks that BMW do, Carbon Black has a very blue tinge to it... and they do another called Ruby Black, which as those of you that are paying attention will have gathered, has a red tinge to it  

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Does anybody have some pics for the new interior color almond/nutmeg ??? ---------------------------------------------------------
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I see lot's of Smart's showing up on the freeways here in Austin. Personally, I wouldn't get into one of those as my life literally depends on it. Large trucks (pick-up) and SUV's predominate the roadways with a great deal being driven by cell-phone distracted soccer moms. Didn't these "Smart" buyers bother to take Physics 101 in college? Good mileage is one thing but...

As there is a smart dealer down the road from our house on
Highway 59 S. <<<<we have begun to see smarts all over the place around the area.... I like them but again dont fancy taking on all these RRS owners... oops thats me  Brit across the Pond
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Didn't the Smart win TG's "comedy handling" competition?  

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