Miata Mailing List: March 1999, Message #121

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Gordon, go ask your dealer for the paint code.  It lists as Neo Green with
BRG in brackets as an afterthought.

Regards,

Richard Dekker, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, MCofA #41997
Founder & President, Wild Rose Chapter - MCofA

1990 MX-5 Miata - Bell Stage III+ - "Turbos Blow"
1973 RX-3 - Rally Port 13B - "Pistons Suck"

On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 gchoate@nowsco.com wrote:

> Jeff, very interesting!  Your Neo Green was definitely called British Racing
> Green in the US and Canada in 1991, and again was BRG here in Canada from 1994
> through 1997!  Maybe that copyright didn't apply in North America?
> 
> Best ReGards,
> Gordon Choate
> Calgary, Alberta, Canada
> 96 BRG/tan - really!
> 
> Jeff wrote:
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> 
> Gordon,
>             Neo Green was called that everywhere, it was never called BRG, I
> think BRG is copyright.
> 
> Jeff Gehrig
> MX5 CLUB of NSW #169 (Aust.) VICE PRESIDENT
> '99 Grace Green "Kelly"
> MCA #42017
> OzTeam Voodoo
> Team GrandPa
> Team Loch Stewart
> http://www.mx5.com.au/nsw/index.html
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gchoate@nowsco.com <gchoate@nowsco.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>
> Date: Wednesday, 3 March 1999 03:24
> Subject: Re: Melange Mica (gold) coming to America? I think so.
> 
> 
> Oh, great - that means that it could, in fact, be a mixture of all the
> recent
> blues for yet another blue...
> 
> As an aside, it's curious that Mazda uses different names for the same
> colour -
> Evolution Gold / Orange, Grace Green everywhere (including Canada) outside
> the
> US where it is Emerald Green, Innocent Blue became Sapphire Blue Mica for
> the
> 10AE in the US, BRG everywhere was Neo Green in Japan.  I'm not sure what
> they
> are calling the 10AE colour in Canada, but I'll find out tomorrow, the local
> dealer is holding a special unveiling of the 10AE for our club a week before
> the
> local auto show.
> 
> Regards,
> Gordon Choate
> Calgary, Alberta, Canada
> 96 BRG/tan
> Vice Pres, Canadian Rockies Chapter, MCA.
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