A Japanese supplier provided a patented substance called Xirallic, used to give the red and black paints a slight metallic glitter. Ford is working with its paint supplier to find another ...

Ford Motor Company is telling its North American ... The restricted colors are tuxedo black, royal red, red candy and red fire. The pigment to make the paint look metallic is made in Japan and ...

Ford is telling its dealers not to order vehicles in Tuxedo Black paint or in three variations of red, according to USA Today. The pigments for those paints come from a Japanese supplier.

and the lugnuts are—you guessed it—black. The Ford logo in the front, a famously blue oval, is now black. You may also be able to imagine what’s going on in the interior—black leather ...