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Old 08-14-2019, 10:40 AM
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A very popular Pontiac color: Verdoro Green. Anyone know how Pontiac came up with that name? I put Verdoro in Dictionary and got zero results
It's made up.

I always think the root comes from "verdant", meaning "green".

The story is that Delorian's wife (...not sure which one...) saw an ashtray that color while on vacation, and liked it.

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