Something as small as grey paint on the wrong car spurred VW into bringing their Spektrum program to the U.S. market
, it was ironically the color grey that brought about a new variety of colors in the company’s lineup. The seemingly normal paint this car wears — a shade called Carbon Steel Grey Metallic — was available only for the Golf GTI at the time, yet it somehow ended up on a Golf R, kickstarting a chain of events that led to VW revamping their entire color pallet.
While the exact cause of the mispaint still remains a mystery, Volkswagen was able to offer up a possible explanation. After the current owner reached out toin search of the story behind his unusual car, the German auto giant explained that it was likely either a system error or an improper entering of the four-digit paint code .
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