White. The new silver/black?

[frank987]

Saw two 997 TT's in Aldeburgh on Saturday parked up on the High Street - one black, one white.

The white one looked fantastic - won by miles on looks.

I reckon we will be seeing alot more white motors.

Do you agree?

[997gt3]

Absolutely!!

In another 5 years white will be the new silver. I've already started seeing more new white cars on the road - BMW 1 series, VW Beetle.

I think black has always maintained a steady stream of purchases.

[hugoagogo]

saw a white GT3 the other day, looked excellent, then a bright kermit green early targa pulled up alongside, looked even better

[kiko]

Basically no! Unless you're in Dubai, white is for vans.

[graeme73s]

kiko said:

Basically no! Unless you're in Dubai, white is for vans.

agreed white is for vans or race cars for stickers

[magic torch]

It's the iPod effect.

Remember when computers used to be Beige, and Porsches were Silver?

[TRPLBLK]

But before Hitler changed the national racing color to silver, all German racers were white. And there are damn few cars made anywhere in the world that look good in white. Porsche is definitely one of them, IMHO.

[Rish]

Saw a white 997 C4S at my local OPC today....Very nice, wanted to it.

[deutscher]

"The return of white" has been a popular thread topic for about a year now - but try selling a white car (especially to the trade) and you'll find it's just a myth.

[blueyes]

deutscher said:

"The return of white" has been a popular thread topic for about a year now - but try selling a white car (especially to the trade) and you'll find it's just a myth.

Umm maybe.. but I saw a Cayman S in white with black wheels on an OPC site and really liked it.

Thought, as it was white, it might have been there when I was ready to change in a few months time.

It sold two weeks later.

[Adam B]

white looks crap on most cars, its fashionable now but won't last both IMHO

if you like it go for it, although I don;t like it I am glad others do as it makes a change from silver at least

looks fine on more extreme Porsche versions like GT3 or RS because they are pseudo-race cars and can carry it off (but the orange black or viper look infinitely better)

[ED965]

It depends on the car, i'm biased as i own a white 911 cab but it suits the car of that period, as does Red and Black. All sports cars look good in these bold colours, but big Exec saloons etc couldn't carry it off.
But you have to say there are more and more White cars cropping up especially from Germany (VW/AUDI and BM are getting popular in White)
However my new A4 S Line has been ordered in Dark Metallic Grey...........how boring!

[cardigankid]

White and red have always looked terrific on 911s but we went through the Armani era where everything had to be silver or slate grey or Met black. Just takes time to catch on. If I was buying a GT3, and unfortunately I'm not, I'd have it white, no question.

[cyberface]

magic torch said:

It's the iPod effect.

Remember when computers used to be Beige, and Porsches were Silver?

Eh? I have 8 Apple computers here in front of me... and they are all Silver. And my iPods are black and silver.

Thank beige cars never became popular, though - I learnt to handbrake turn, sorry, drive in a beige Metro. Fun to throw about but an utterly foul colour. No idea why the original owner specified beige.

[wukfitz]

Surely Red is the new Silver/Black/White/Blue and Green......

Just a thought (if not a biased one)

C

[997gt3]

I've seen plenty of 'electric' blue cars around recently - VW's, Peugeots, etc - similar to cobalt blue.

[zcacogp]

TRPLBLK said:

But before Hitler changed the national racing color to silver

Hitler had nothing to do with it - it was the entry of a number of Gullwing Merc 300SL's in a motor race in the 50's (I think it was Le Mans) which started the trend. They were painted black, and were found to be around 2kg heavier than the maximum permitted weight for vehicles entered in the race. They only thing that could be removed from the cars at the last minute was their paint, which was duly done, and replaced with a thin layer of aluminium paint to protect from rust.

They did very well, and many other German race teams adopted aluminium or silver as their colour as a result. The rest, as they say, is history.

As you were, chaps.


Oli.