Car colours

[john2443]

One thing that I have never understood is why people buy cars from new in awful colours, eg Beige.

I can see that buying secondhand you have to have to some extent what is available, but I wait for one in an acceptable colour.

BL used to have a few rubbish ones, Lilac on 70s Minis and 1100s - it looked like grey primer - and shi mud Brown. BMC even replaced the very nice Primrose Yellow on the Frogeye with Beige which I've never understood.

I'd have thought by now manufacturers would have settled on some decent colours, but I recently saw a newish Fiat 500 in Beige which is what made me think about it.

Has anyone here ever chosen to buy a new car in an awful colour? If so, why!?

[kambites]

I'm guessing people buy beige cars because they like beige cars? I'd certainly take beige (or indeed almost anything else) over silver, grey or white.

[Johnnytheboy]

Brown does seem to be becoming popular at the mo...

[aeropilot]

Johnnytheboy said:

Brown does seem to be becoming popular at the mo...

1970's all over again.

Shades of brown (from beige and gold through to dark browns) were very popular back then with Ford/BL etc.

[Johnnytheboy]

aeropilot said:

Johnnytheboy said:

Brown does seem to be becoming popular at the mo...

1970's all over again.

Shades of brown (from beige and gold through to dark browns) were very popular back then with Ford/BL etc.

I went to see my brother in Germany recently and it seems markedly more popular on new cars over there.

[d3llams]

I have seen a few Range Rover sports, in brown/bronze which i think look nice.

[dsuk]

I think a lot of people with company / lease cars just choose a colour out of a brochure without seeing it on a car. it doesn't really matter to them as they don't care about re-sale value.

If the Beckhams are driving around in white cars that week, they just go for that.

It explains abominations like this... (Waits for forum backlash)

[kayzee]

kambites said:

I'm guessing people buy beige cars because they like beige cars? I'd certainly take beige (or indeed almost anything else) over silver, grey or white.

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

[Johnnytheboy]

kayzee said:

kambites said:

I'm guessing people buy beige cars because they like beige cars? I'd certainly take beige (or indeed almost anything else) over silver, grey or white.

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

Liquid Yellow kind of trumps grey.

[sjg]

My BMW is Valencia Orange because I liked it. Lots of people don't.

No worries about resale because it's a lease.

[kambites]

kayzee said:

kambites said:

I'm guessing people buy beige cars because they like beige cars? I'd certainly take beige (or indeed almost anything else) over silver, grey or white.

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

Each to their own. That looks foul to me.

[Claudia Skies]

"Black car with black wheels".

In a few years time they will look sooooo passé.

[MissChief]

There's a Honda Civic in a particularly repulsive shade of Dark metallic brown close to me house. Makes me puke a little in my mouth every time I see it.

[xRIEx]

Johnnytheboy said:

kayzee said:

kambites said:

I'm guessing people buy beige cars because they like beige cars? I'd certainly take beige (or indeed almost anything else) over silver, grey or white.

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

Liquid Yellow kind of unequivocally trumps grey.

Fixed.

[anonymous-user]

My car isn't hearing aid beige, it's cappuchino ! It says so in the brochure .. I quite like it anyway ..

[xRIEx]

john2443 said:

Has anyone here ever chosen to buy a new car in an awful colour? If so, why!?

I'm guessing no, no one has.

If they chose it, chances are it's because they wanted it; no one is going to think, "that's vile but I'm going to pay extra for it even though I hate it!" You may think it's awful, but they won't, so the answer is no.

[amusingduck]

kayzee said:

kambites said:

I'm guessing people buy beige cars because they like beige cars? I'd certainly take beige (or indeed almost anything else) over silver, grey or white.

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

shiny primer?

[anonymous-user]

kayzee said:

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

That is marmite, it has a similar appeal to the pastel blue that Audi have at the moment. Not sure at all.

[anonymous-user]

kayzee said:

Whaaaaat, grey can be stunning!

That is marmite, it has a similar appeal to the pastel blue that Audi have at the moment. Not sure at all.

[Jasandjules]

You can't beat Duck Egg Blue