hello all, my first av post, so go easy
A warm welcome to you, Richard!
I have seen the white metallic a couple of times, and concede that it does look well ... something that is evident all the more in that Mazda's "foreign" (i.e Mainland European, Far East and Australasian advertising uses a white car almost exclusively! But then again, white hasn't really caught on here.... but coincidentally enough, whilst we were having a celebratory Indian lunch in Belfast, after picking up our car yesterday, a white TS sport, I think, went flashing past!!!!
The black 2.5 sport that I saw yesterday looked fantastic and if I were willing (or could afford, more like!) to buy a petrol and the top of the range model, I would probably get it in black, or in the stormy blue, which I also saw on my travels pre-purchase. The copper red colour in the brochure looks great too, but I'm definitely not brave enough to buy that.
From my dealings, it is too early to get the dealers to deal too much on the new model, but give it a month or two, and they will, I'm sure.
Good luck with whatever you manage to do, and be sure to post any developments here ... I will be interested to see how you get on!
Calvin