2022 Chevy Spark Gets New Nitro Yellow Color: First Look
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The 2022 Chevrolet Spark sees very few changes and updates, including three new exterior colors: Crimson, Blue Glow, and Nitro Yellow. Here’s our first look at the new yellow hue.
Assigned color code GHS and touch-up paint code WA-660G, Nitro Yellow is one of four bright hues available for the 2022 Chevrolet Spark, along with Cayenne Orange, Red Hot, and Mystic Blue. Additionally, Nitro Yellow is one of eight metallic paint options available for the 2022 Spark.
Notably, the Spark offers 10 exterior color options:
- Silver Ice
- Summit White
- Mosaic Black
- Crimson
- Cayenne Orange
- Red Hot
- Blue Glow
- Nitro Yellow
- Nightfall Gray
- Mystic Blue
The new Nitro Yellow color is not included in the base price of the 2022 Spark, and carries an extra cost of $395. Nitro Yellow is available in conjunction with all trim levels and interior color combinations of the 2022 Chevrolet Spark.
2022 Chevy Spark Trim Levels:
- LS (1SA, 1SB)
- 1LT (1SC, 1SD)
- ACTIV (1SG, 1SH)
- 2LT (1SE, 1SF)
2022 Chevy Spark Interior Color Combinations:
- Jet Black
- Jet Black with Dark Anderson Silver Metallic
As previously reported by GM Authority, 2022 Chevy Spark units entered production on June 7th at the GM Changwon plant in South Korea. While some units have already reached dealer lots, models in the Nitro Yellow exterior color appear to be almost non-existent at dealers.
With COVID-19 complications still putting a strain on productivity, it’s hard to say exactly when buyers can expect to see stable inventory and a broad range of available colors at the retail level. Of course, availability will vary by dealer, so check with yours for complete details.
Notably, the only other changes to the Spark for the 2022 model year were the deletion of three exterior colors, including Passion Fruit, Toasted Marshmallow, Caribbean Blue.
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I’m looking forward to seeing this color in person. For some reason, I’ve always like yellow colors for many cars if it’s the right hue. For exactly one week back in early 2015, I had my first Spark (2LT auto) in the lemonade (light yellow). I really loved it till some guy in an old Nissan truck decided to re-arrange the back of it after only one week. Car was totaled, but I walked away without even a scratch. I couldn’t get the exact car like it again, and that’s when I ended up with the light blue 1LT Electric Spark.
Anyhow, back to colors. Just today I was going through some boxes of car stuff I’ve collected over the years. I came across some old Cadillac color samples that we used to hand out to customers when they wanted to order a car. It amazes me how so many brands used to offer 12 to 15 different colors! What’s more, you could also order one of 5 to 7 interior colors. Can’t do that any more. We’re lucky to have maybe 8 exterior colors with maybe 2 interior colors. I miss the old days.
Today, Cadillac charges extra for virtually every color except one, usually everybody-has-one silver, or other drab color. What I find interesting is that General Motors will charge for colors that are no-charge on other makes. Example: Pearl white on my Chrysler had no up-charge.
Speaking of variety, back in fall of 1962, my brother walked into the Studebaker dealer in Glendale California. He ordered a 1963 Studebaker Lark Regal 2-door sedan in the color he wanted (red), the engine he wanted (R2 Avanti V8), the transmission he wanted (four on the floor), 3.90:1 rear end, the interior he wanted, the radio he wanted, and, a heater, which were not standard in those days.
The salesman ticked the boxes on the order form, then, my brother handed them a $300 deposit. The salesman snapped out a carbon copy for my brother, a carbon copy for the dealer, and folded up the remaining form pages into an envelope. He put on a stamp, and put it in his Out basket. “It should be in in six weeks.” It was.
Note that he did not have to buy any “packages”. He got THE engine he wanted, THE transmission, THE color, THE radio, etc. that he wanted. This was in the days before computers, and the days when auto assembly lines did not have computerized process controllers. They looked at the build sheet, and made you a car. Some companies reserved certain days for building special orders; others just did them along with the standard dealer-inventory orders. Today that can all be automated, but they get greedy and sell high-priced packages just to get a proper radio, or, if you want a different axle ratio you have to buy a trailer package.
As for colors, those days died years ago thanks to bean counters and EPA regs. Some colors are hard to do without creating issues with Our Betters In Washington.
Looks like there’s a lot of gold in this yellow. I was hoping for a non-metallic variant closer to a 1986 IROC yellow.
@Dave Action: Yes, I would agree. I loved that yellow you mention on the IROC. But just like I said above, I need to see it in person before I can say for sure. But if it has too much gold, then I probably won’t like it.
On another note, I noticed the 2022 will now offer the Mystic Blue with the 1LT Special Edition package. The 2020 white 1LT I had with that package was great and the blue will look great with the black accents. My question now is why they don’t offer the Special Edition with black accents with the red, silver and yellow?