How dull are our choices in car colour?
Discussion
if you buy some colour you like come trade in time you will be sorry
sim72 said:
This image from the Dover delays is quite impressive.
I reckon 90% of the vehicles are white, silver, black or grey. In fact, red is the only other colour I can see, bar that one at the front which may be dark blue!
I said the same thing.I reckon 90% of the vehicles are white, silver, black or grey. In fact, red is the only other colour I can see, bar that one at the front which may be dark blue!
one black A3 here, one blue one grey, two red Landrovers
Riley Blue said:
PCP colour choice limited?
Surprisingly most fleet/PCP/contacthire/lease companies don't mind the odd car in a wacky colour. It's a numbers game - 1 out of 99 won't affect the figures. If anything it's the manufacturers. Pick up a brochure of any executive car and you can see that the offerings are bland.I went through the configurators of every mainstream car a few weeks back. Aside from every shade between white and black, silver, red and occasionally blue there is almost no cost effective choice out there at the moment. If I remember correctly only the Mini, Jazz, Cactus and a few others actually had more than one choice that was under £500 that wasn't one of the above mentioned colours.
Most 'colours' are £500+ even on cheapish cars. You're never going to make that back, important for the current obsession with 3 year cycles.
My favourite was the exclusive additional range for premium Audis, they're all shades of browny silvery grey!
Most 'colours' are £500+ even on cheapish cars. You're never going to make that back, important for the current obsession with 3 year cycles.
My favourite was the exclusive additional range for premium Audis, they're all shades of browny silvery grey!
berlintaxi said:
Looks more like a funeral cornvoy,distinct lack of imagination in the UK public.
Hardly the fault of the public if the manufacturers don't offer anything else in many cases.The so-called colour choice of many makers is more like a barcode of variations of monochrome.
It's f
king depressing.Impasse said:
I've got three cars at the moment. A white one, a black one and a silver one. They all suit their particular paint choice.
2 x Dark metallic blue, 1 x White, 1 x Dark Metallic Grey and 1 x 'Gulf' blue.I'd say the colours are right for the cars - but I still would have chosen a brighter colour for the 5-series if I could have done.
My Civic is bronze - but it looks black in fairness. I do think that the roads are a bit of a bland place, although I saw a Hello Yellow Volvo C30 in a carpark a few days ago, T5 manual too, hats off to the owner of that I say!
Although it was probably a dealer specced car that took ages to shift
Although it was probably a dealer specced car that took ages to shift
I'm not sure if the sameness of them all is because you can't buy many colours, or if you can't buy many colours because nobody bought them? Chicken and egg problem I suppose!
Still, I finally have 2 proper colours now! 325ti is Imola Red and Z4C is Montego Blue - lovely!
I really like Valencia Orange too - maybe next time!
Still, I finally have 2 proper colours now! 325ti is Imola Red and Z4C is Montego Blue - lovely!
I really like Valencia Orange too - maybe next time!
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