A lovely piece of crap
08/07/2024
The great era of pastel colors was actually already over when General Motors launched the loveliest thing that had ever left the Dupont paint mixing plant. Only in the 1965 model year could you have your Pontiac wrapped in a shimmering hint of dusky pink instead of bold metallic tones. Or, to be more precise: the "touch of a lily" could be applied to the sheet metal, as the caress in thermoplastic was dreamily and aptly named "Iris Mist".
Particularly on muscle cars such as the Pontiac GTO, this resulted in a wonderfully contrasting mixture of outward gentleness and inner ferocity, like a sabre-toothed tiger in a rabbit suit. However, only around 1,200 buyers were able to get something out of the appeal of this combination, which is why the breathy light pink is by far the rarest color on the performance-enhanced Le Mans today.
Incidentally, the same paint with the internal identifier "P" was also in the Chevrolet range. There it was called "Evening Orchid", i.e. it had the shade of an orchid in the evening. It was hardly less romantically named - but just as unpopular. What a bummer.
