knahs42 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 It's been a few weeks since I test drove a 2014 Cmax which had the stone leather interior. I recall it as being more tan than grey - would someone that has one tell me if it is more toward the tan side or more toward the grey side. In trying to shop and give more color choices than white - I would go for silver except if the stone interior is more tan lookikng, I don't think that would look right. I know I don't want black. The car has to sit in the sun in the parking lot at work all day and gets so hot. Thank you all for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wab Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Tan not gray at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelleytoons Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yup, it's tan. With our Ice Storm exterior I think it looks great (and I would never have black in our hot Florida climate -- plus I kind of hate the black interior in our Durango as I can never find my wallet, keys, anything I drop in the back seat, where it just goes invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Elling Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 But it's not that orangey tan that I think looks awful. I wish it was grayer, but it's a nice neutral color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian_L Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 The black interior is actually not black. It's more of a medium/dark grey. I haven't found that the seats get particularly warm on sunny days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelleytoons Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Yeah, well the Durango seats are "dark gray" as well and they DO get hot in Florida (obviously YMMV depending on where you live). Still hate the fact that darkness like that makes it impossible to find anything either (it's SO much nicer with a light interior). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plus 3 golfer Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 It's been a few weeks since I test drove a 2014 Cmax which had the stone leather interior. I recall it as being more tan than grey - would someone that has one tell me if it is more toward the tan side or more toward the grey side. In trying to shop and give more color choices than white - I would go for silver except if the stone interior is more tan lookikng, I don't think that would look right. I know I don't want black. The car has to sit in the sun in the parking lot at work all day and gets so hot. Thank you all for your input.IMO, the short answer is it depends on the light and what color the floor mats are. I would say the stone leather is a lot closer to taupe than tan. Although I haven't seen a stone interior in a silver C-Max, I'll bet it would look good. When I was looking for floor mats (I wanted sisal or coco), I called cocomats.com about mats for my stone interior C-Max. The guy indicated they don't have the dimensions for the C-Max and would go over to the local Ford dealer and measure. I also asked him to let me know which of the bottom two matched the stone interior if they had one with stone. He called back the next day and said the Black and Taupe is the mat you want; The taupe matches the stone perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 We have Ice Storm with Stone interior. I say it looks grey and hubby says it looks taupe. It does not look like tan at all to us. We had a tan leather interior in a Lexus and this colour is really not tan at all. But I guess hubby is more apt in his description calling it taupe. You would think we all have on different glasses eh? LOL I like the Stone leather but it does show the dirt easily so keep that in mind. And don't wear blue jeans that are dark wash on a long trip or it stains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plus 3 golfer Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 We have Ice Storm with Stone interior. I say it looks grey and hubby says it looks taupe. It does not look like tan at all to us. We had a tan leather interior in a Lexus and this colour is really not tan at all. But I guess hubby is more apt in his description calling it taupe. You would think we all have on different glasses eh? LOL I like the Stone leather but it does show the dirt easily so keep that in mind. And don't wear blue jeans that are dark wash on a long trip or it stains.I agree, my wife says it's taupe so I say it's taupe. :) The brighter the light the more it looks taupe to me. In dimmer light is looks more grey to me. It's not tan in any light. When I look at our grey leather in our Nissan compared to the Stone in our C-Max, the colors looks similar in very dim light. But in bright light, the C-Max Stone takes on the taupe color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knahs42 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Thanks to all - I ended up with a White CMAX SEL with the stone interior - it looks tan/taupe to me. But I love the car! C-MaxSea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaDadMiami Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MaxSea Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) Congratz Knahs42, good decision (from some limited but good color options). Time to :happy feet: :happy feet: :happy feet:. I/we have gone both directions on interior colors (dark & light) in the past, thought we were headed for Stone as well until the dealer handed us a huge wad of money to take a beautiful Charcoal - love it as well (perfect here since we rarely see the sun :)). Happy driving ! Nick Edited August 2, 2014 by C-MaxSea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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