Why so many silver and grey cars?
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JumboBeef said:
Is it me, or are the UK roads currently full of silver and grey cars?
Who owns a silver or grey car, and why did you choose that colour?
PS: I own a green motor
Green it's crap colour unless it's the racing green on a classic car . Blue is revolting , yellow is gay and red is fir Ferraris only . Who owns a silver or grey car, and why did you choose that colour?
PS: I own a green motor
So that leaves silver , White , grey and black no ?
frosted said:
JumboBeef said:
Is it me, or are the UK roads currently full of silver and grey cars?
Who owns a silver or grey car, and why did you choose that colour?
PS: I own a green motor
Green it's crap colour unless it's the racing green on a classic car . Blue is revolting , yellow is gay and red is fir Ferraris only . Who owns a silver or grey car, and why did you choose that colour?
PS: I own a green motor
So that leaves silver , White , grey and black no ?
I seem to remember reading/watching/listening to something about car design and how during the design stages some manufacturers (Audi iirc) use a matte grey colour on their mock ups/design ideas in order to visualise/study the body shape. Something to do with mid colours (grey/silvers) don't absorb light as much as blacks do nor do they reflect it as much as white, and so it allows them to see curves, swages etc without distortion and therefore get a true idea of the body shape and style.
So if certain manufacturers are using one particular colour range to design their cars in, then it stands to reason that those cars will look better in those colours, no? Perhaps this is the reason that there are so many grey and silver cars on the roads? On the other hand it's a bit like automotive drag co-efficiencies, where in pursuit of the least resistance to air so many cars (particularly at the performance end) end up looking so similar, so it is with colours.
For the record, my car is blue.
So if certain manufacturers are using one particular colour range to design their cars in, then it stands to reason that those cars will look better in those colours, no? Perhaps this is the reason that there are so many grey and silver cars on the roads? On the other hand it's a bit like automotive drag co-efficiencies, where in pursuit of the least resistance to air so many cars (particularly at the performance end) end up looking so similar, so it is with colours.
For the record, my car is blue.
Nuisance_Value said:
I seem to remember reading/watching/listening to something about car design and how during the design stages some manufacturers (Audi iirc) use a matte grey colour on their mock ups/design ideas in order to visualise/study the body shape. Something to do with mid colours (grey/silvers) don't absorb light as much as blacks do nor do they reflect it as much as white, and so it allows them to see curves, swages etc without distortion and therefore get a true idea of the body shape and style.
So if certain manufacturers are using one particular colour range to design their cars in, then it stands to reason that those cars will look better in those colours, no? Perhaps this is the reason that there are so many grey and silver cars on the roads? On the other hand it's a bit like automotive drag co-efficiencies, where in pursuit of the least resistance to air so many cars (particularly at the performance end) end up looking so similar, so it is with colours.
For the record, my car is blue.
Mmmm So if certain manufacturers are using one particular colour range to design their cars in, then it stands to reason that those cars will look better in those colours, no? Perhaps this is the reason that there are so many grey and silver cars on the roads? On the other hand it's a bit like automotive drag co-efficiencies, where in pursuit of the least resistance to air so many cars (particularly at the performance end) end up looking so similar, so it is with colours.
For the record, my car is blue.
We specced our new barge in pearl grey because IMHO it looks fantastic and was unique to the S-Line spec. The metallic greys don't look as good as the pearl and the bright silver didn't look special. The rest of the colours in the palette were tints of black and looked high-maintenance.
We're not wealthy enough to ignore the need to maximise resale value so we would never have chosen a colour for a new car that might be hard to sell. I suspect we're not alone in this and there's little doubt that silver and grey are safe colours on non-funky cars like that one.
I wouldn't join the bandwagon choosing white cars though - white today is like beige in the '70s and I suspect will be just as unpopular as beige in a decade's time.
We're not wealthy enough to ignore the need to maximise resale value so we would never have chosen a colour for a new car that might be hard to sell. I suspect we're not alone in this and there's little doubt that silver and grey are safe colours on non-funky cars like that one.
I wouldn't join the bandwagon choosing white cars though - white today is like beige in the '70s and I suspect will be just as unpopular as beige in a decade's time.
ewenm said:
goldblum said:
Silver RS6
Simply find cleaning cars a mind numbingly boring enterprise,and silver's a
once-a-monther.Had a black 911 and that needed a ridiculous amount of washing/polishing.
Guess I'm lazy!
If you were lazy you wouldn't car that your car was dirty.Simply find cleaning cars a mind numbingly boring enterprise,and silver's a
once-a-monther.Had a black 911 and that needed a ridiculous amount of washing/polishing.
Guess I'm lazy!
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