Does anybody know what this color is called? Its a 2006, I have only ever seen 2 of these.

Thanks.

 

My guess would be Atacama Sand Metallic.

 

That's what I thought, but it's not listed in my book for colors. I guess that's it!

 

well... it ain't Tangier's Orange, that's for sure. haha.
I'm gonna go orange some day. But not with the G4 paint scheme. Something the same colour, but in a 3M skin and custom graphics.

 

as cmb6s mentioned, it is indeed an Atacama Sand
it's a pretty rare color. just saw one more (other then mine) in NY

 

Yup guaranteed Atacama Sand - that's the color my '06 RRS was

I always thought it was a beautiful color (VERY rare and one reason I jumped on this RRS LUX w/ OE RSE etc) but in the end, wanting a white LR was actually a primary reason for switching to a Chawton White LR3 (and general space / utility).

 

Next question: does Atacama come in a non metallic version? I think I saw one.

 

Nope definitely not, it's a very complex pearl (3 stage I think) and the paint was only available in high-end systems like PPG, DuPont, etc.

Basically the opposite of a non-metallic lol.

 

Interesting, because there is a light tannish non metallic LR3 driving around. Maybe it's a respray.

Also, looks like you are a fan of the special colors! Kinversand and Atacama. My buddy worked at Land Rover when the Kinversand D2s were on the floor. He said they were a hard sale new, but now they are sought after. We parted one out recently and sold most of the body panels to a guy locally. His paint was shot so he was super stoked. The only thing we have left is the front grill!

 

Yup I almost mentioned the Kinversand.

I do love that color though and would never change it for anything. They rarely made it to the dealership floors - they were the launch color for the DII and were mostly used for press, photoshoots, and loaned out to auto test magazines and tv shows.

If you find a dealer that has the old DII parts catalog behind the counter, all the accessory images were shot on a kinversand DII as well.

I've done a lot of body work on mine including the facelift bumper, and the paint is absolutely insanely expensive. I think 1/2 pint from PPG was ~$80 our cost. I covered the areas with a cheaper omni base then used the PPG for color. From what I recall the Atacama was in the same price code for the paint.

I think the ONLY non-metallic color on the LR3 was Chawton.