- 2012 Confirmed
only with H45 (GM Authority 2012 RPO changes); deleted for 2013 with H45 (GM Authority 2013 RPO changes)
Also described as Paint, Carbon Flash MetallicBlack Granite MetallicPaint, Black Granite
Also documented for Buick
Documented applications
- 2014 Factory-verified
touch-up WA-501Q; premium paint; dropped for 2015 (GM Authority 2015 changes page)
- 2023–2024 Factory-verified
touch-up WA-501Q; 2023: requires Y70
- 2014, 2016 Factory-verified
touch-up WA-501Q; extra cost; 2016: not on L
- 2015 Factory-verified
touch-up paint WA-565Q; extra charge; not on L or LS; GM's official 2016 RPO changes (GM Authority) delete it for 2016
- 2015 Factory-verified
touch-up WA-501Q; extra cost; build-out May 20, 2015
- 2013, 2015 Single-source
2013: new, extra cost (GM Authority 2013 changes article (not a GM document)); 2015: dropped for 2016 (GM Authority 2016 changes article (not a GM document))
- 2014 Factory-verified
1LT, 2LT: O, with either interior; extra cost; touch-up paint WA-501Q
- 2014 Factory-verified
premium paint, extra cost (footnote 7, p.132), GM 2014 Car & Truck Guide
- 2016 Confirmed
deleted for 2017 (GM's official 2017 RPO-level change list as printed on GM Authority's 2017 Spark page)
- 2016 Factory-verified
extra cost, retail orders only; part of the 2016 Midnight Edition (WJP); the capture says it was no longer available for the model year
This page aggregates every documented appearance of GAR in the Chevrolet reference. Confidence and citations are shown per application — the same code can be better documented in one year than another.