Brown back in vogue???

[aka_kerrly]

Morningside said:

Sounds all a bit British Leyland to me. I'm ooot.

I do agree to an extent, this for example is hideous.



These on the other hand are beautiful

[Evo]

We shall soon be ordering our st on st Porsche Macan Diesel for my wifes next car

[TheInternet]

dugsud said:

Lorneg said:

That's a great picture..

I am somewhat disappointed it's not quite what I thought it was when I first saw it on my phone.

[Shurv]

Mine's called "light cappuccino", but it's brown.............The good thing, I had it washed today for the first time in 3000 miles, it didn't look that grubby apart from the brake dust. Better then white........

[aka_kerrly]

TheInternet said:

dugsud said:

Lorneg said:

That's a great picture..

I am somewhat disappointed it's not quite what I thought it was when I first saw it on my phone.

Genius! who's that leggy bird...

Edited by aka_kerrly on Friday 9th May 18:44

[northernmedia]

We've just had one of these delivered as pictured in 'Rich Java', to be fair the wife chose it but it has grown on me!

[MissChief]

Strangely I was just thinking about the increase in 'poo' coloured cars I'd seen recently. Mainly German it must be said but st colours have been coming back into fashion recently much like white.

[JonnyVTEC]

Wife's got a brilliant copper Countryman after much deliberation between that and red. I like it now... Classy?

[northernmedia]

JonnyVTEC said:

Wife's got a brilliant copper Countryman after much deliberation between that and red. I like it now... Classy?

Almost the same as the volvo, why do women like these colours?

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Just been out, and a brown RR Evoque drove past me, with black wheels.

It looked absolutely amazing in my opinion...

[aeropilot]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

Just been out, and a brown RR Evoque drove past me, with black wheels.

It looked absolutely amazing in my opinion...

Yup, I saw a 14 plate one like that just a few days ago, and it stood out as not that colour on an Evoque before, so guessing it's a recent addition to the colour palette?

[Blayney]

Ray Luxury-Yacht said:

I've been called everything from 'tasteless' to 'mental' with my love for a 'brown' colour option on Porsche 911's. The official colour designation is 'Macademia' - but having seen one in the flesh, yeah, it is basically metallic brown.

But I love it. If I ever get rich enough to own another 911, it will be in this colour. What do you reckon? Lovely, no?

Me and a mate agree with you. Great colour on a 911.

[aeropilot]

Poo Brown was good enough for Bodie & Doyle and Regan & Carter back in the seventies

[Escort3500]

Court_S said:

I'm not a fan. There is a 1 series that I see in the train station in a brown colour and it's awful...it makes an ugly car look even more ugly.

Saying that the whole white car thing has been done to death and silver, grey and black are really, really dull. Not many seem to be willing to opt for a brighter / more interesting colout.

The psychology of colour, and particularly on cars, is interesting. I hate the rich metallic brown examples on this thread irrespective of whether it's a Porsche or an Allegro, but don't mind the lighter brown/fawn metallics. I also hate yellow on any car. Can't explain why, just do.

Can any psychologist PHers explain why we love some colours and not others?

[ch108]

Seen a new Fiesta in brown. Can't say it was its best colour. Have also seen a few Renaults in brown too. Worst was a Fiat 500 in brown. With that shape it looked like a large dog had left it behind. Each to their own but I can't see me buying a modern brown car.

Although I did own a "gazelle beige " Cavalier. Which was basically yellow. The car was given to me so I wasn't complaining. That replaced my first car, a 1980 Fiesta in a horrible tan colour.

[Blakewater]

The Ford Mondeo in question must have been Lunar Sky.



Audi Exclusive Ipanema Brown is a particularly nice brown.

[MG CHRIS]

Saw a metallic brown 14 plate Picasso up by my unit had to take a double look and was nearly sick in my mouth no cars looks good in brown specially new cars thought it died out when BL went tits up.

[JonnyVTEC]

aeropilot said:

Yup, I saw a 14 plate one like that just a few days ago, and it stood out as not that colour on an Evoque before, so guessing it's a recent addition to the colour palette?

Yeah 2014 colour . Zanzibar bronze.

[milu]

Jimhughes said:

Granted its more bronze than brown but Sepang Bronze metallic from BMW has to be one of my favourite hues!

Aghhh that's my old car and I still regret selling it!!!

[Fire99]

As already posted, I'm not a great fan of brown cars but if it gets a bit of variation going on compared to the mass of black, white and 'maximum resale value' silver, I'm all for it.