Choosing a paint colour you will still like in five years
Look at the chip outside, on a grey day and next to the hide you have chosen (sample note).
Nine cars on the floor. Forty-one colours in the book.
Ashcombe Motor Salon (sample) keeps a small floor of grand tourers, saloons and convertibles, and orders every other car in the colour you choose. Book an hour with a car, or sit down with the colour book.
Showroom open Monday to Saturday, Sundays by appointment (sample).
The colour book
Solid
In the price
No extra build time
S01Glacier white
S04Graphite blackOn the floor, SC-221
Metallic
+$1,450
No extra build time
M12Moonstone
M27Ink blueOn the floor, SC-214
M33Moss
Pearl and special
+$4,900
About 4 weeks more
P05Oxblood pearlOn the floor, SC-209
P09Abalone
P14Saffron
Paint to sample
From $12,500
About 14 weeks more
PTSYour colour
A ring means a car in that colour is on the floor now, with its stock number. A selection of the 41 colours in the book (sample). Example prices.
On the floor this week
Every car starts with its paint chip and code, so you can walk the floor by colour. Each one is ready for a viewing and a drive.
M27Ink blue
Grand tourer coupe, 2025
4.0 V8, eight-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive, 1,200 miles. Stock SC-214.
Tobacco hide, ivory stitch
$214,000
P05Oxblood pearl
Convertible 2+2, 2024
3.0 six-cylinder, nine-speed automatic, fabric roof in 15 seconds, 4,800 miles. Stock SC-209.
Ivory hide, oxblood stitch
$168,500
S04Graphite black
Four-door grand tourer, 2026
Electric, two motors, 310-mile range (sample), delivery miles only. Stock SC-221.
Black hide, oxblood stitch
$189,000
M12Moonstone
Seven-seat SUV, 2025
4.4 V8 hybrid, air suspension, panoramic roof, 9,600 miles. Stock SC-203.
Black hide
$142,900
M33Moss
Shooting brake, 2023
5.2 V12, 590 litres of luggage space, one owner, 11,200 miles. Stock SC-196.
Tan hide
$176,000
Cars and prices (sample). Example prices, including delivery preparation; registration and tax are added at handover.
Private viewings
One car, one hour, and nobody waiting behind you. We bring the car you asked about onto the turntable, open every door and leave you to sit in it for as long as you like.
- A drive on the hill road behind the salon, 25 minutes
- The colour book on the table if you are thinking of ordering
- Evening viewings until 21:00 on Thursdays (sample)
Ordering a car in your colour
From the first evening with the colour book to the handover bay takes about six months for a solid or metallic colour (sample). These are the five steps.
1
Specify
Two hours at the colour book: paint, hide, stitch, wheels and options, with the car you are ordering on the floor to compare.
By appointment
2
Order
You sign the specification and pay a 10% deposit. We place the order with the factory the same day.
Deposit refundable for 14 days (sample)
3
Build week
The factory gives your car a build week. We send you the date and, if you like, photos from the line.
About 22 weeks after ordering
4
Shipping and preparation
The car arrives at our workshop for its pre-delivery inspection, protection film and a full detail.
About 3 weeks
5
Handover
In the handover bay, under the lights, with time to go through every setting. Bring your current car if it is part of the deal.
About 90 minutes
Bring your current car
We value it while you are at the viewing and take it as part of the price. The offer holds for 14 days, or until handover if you order.
Valuation
About 30 minutes
What we look at
History, miles, condition
Offer holds
14 days
Times (sample).
Aftercare and storage
After the handover we still look after the car: we collect it for servicing, keep it through the winter and bring the paint back to how it left the showroom.
Collection for servicing
We take the car to the main dealer workshop and bring it back washed, with the invoice explained.
$180
Winter storage
A dry, heated bay, a fitted cover, a battery conditioner and a short drive every month.
$420 a month
Paint detail
Wash, decontamination, one-step polish and a ceramic top coat, two days in the studio.
$1,250
Example prices.
From the journal
What paint to sample really involves
A sprayed panel, an approval, and about fourteen extra weeks (sample note).
Getting a car ready for winter storage
Clean, full tank, tyres up to pressure and a battery conditioner (sample note).
Visit the salon
Ashcombe Motor Salon
8 Ashcombe Row, Springfield (sample)
Monday to Friday
9:00–19:00
Thursday
9:00–21:00
Saturday
10:00–17:00
Sunday
By appointment
Opening hours (sample). Covered parking for visitors at the side of the building.
