Nogaro Blue Metallic

Nogaro Blue Metallic (Nogaroblau Metallic, code Z5M) is a rich, vivid medium-dark blue metallic with a strong, saturated character — bright enough to make an immediate impression while retaining the depth of a genuine metallic blue. Its PTS history on Porsche is inseparable from its origins on the Audi RS2 Avant, the 1994 car developed in collaboration with Porsche that introduced the RS performance estate as a concept and wore Nogaro Blue as its defining color. The name derives from the Circuit Paul Armagnac at Nogaro in France, where Audi achieved motorsport success — a race-heritage reference entirely appropriate for the color's performance car associations. The PCA has listed Nogaro Blue among the rarest blues still orderable on a new Porsche, documenting its five-paint-can rarity rating and noting its appeal to buyers who want a historically significant blue with racing provenance. The first known PTS Nogaro Blue Metallic Porsche 992 GT3 generated significant attention in the enthusiast community, and subsequent examples on the GT3 Touring and Cayenne have followed. Its Audi origins mean it carries a cross-brand heritage unusual in Porsche's PTS catalog — not just a Porsche color, but a color with a specific story about inter-brand collaboration and the birth of the RS performance line.