White cars - where did it all start?
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I've been thinking this for a while now and have come up with nothing. White is 'the' colour at the moment but what started it? It seemed to come from nowhere. Whilst I think many cars look good in white (E90 M3's with the carbon roof especially), will the value of them nose-dive I wonder because there are / will be so many on the market?
We've also gone from white being an FOC factory colour to some manufacturers offering metallic white hues at pretty hefty cost (Mercedes Diamond white metallic £585 - standard metallics are no charge on the S-class).
So, over to you, I'd be interested to hear other thoughts.
(Can't recall a thread on this before and search showed nothing)
We've also gone from white being an FOC factory colour to some manufacturers offering metallic white hues at pretty hefty cost (Mercedes Diamond white metallic £585 - standard metallics are no charge on the S-class).
So, over to you, I'd be interested to hear other thoughts.
(Can't recall a thread on this before and search showed nothing)
I think the recent trend is influenced from UAE states like Dubai - it seemed to be popular over there for years.
Then the footballers wives took it up.
And now they are everywhere.
It feels a little like when the craze for silver cars started in the mid 90s ish and now we don't bat an eyelid.
I am just waiting for the 70s to come around again and colours like Colorado beige to make a come back.
Then the footballers wives took it up.
And now they are everywhere.
It feels a little like when the craze for silver cars started in the mid 90s ish and now we don't bat an eyelid.
I am just waiting for the 70s to come around again and colours like Colorado beige to make a come back.
Edited by limpsfield on Friday 21st January 13:56
I suppose it started with the odd high-end supercar being hawked around the press in white. From there it was a slippery slope to today, when it's used to add a bit of wow-factor to otherwise mundane cars.
Before long it'll be as hard to shift as yellow.
When people used to moan about silver cars, only fridges and taxis were white. Now the fridges are all silver and the cars are white.
Before long it'll be as hard to shift as yellow.
When people used to moan about silver cars, only fridges and taxis were white. Now the fridges are all silver and the cars are white.
Edited by Risotto on Friday 21st January 13:55
Maybe it's the increasing multi-cultural mix of our society? Britain is the only place I've lived where there is a real aversion to the colour white. Not sure why, it looks stunning on a dull dreary day. It looks especially good on my new Merc too. 
Seriously, white is just another colour in other countries. Go down to Australia and have a look around, loads of white cars. Same applies in most other western countries and also in South East Asia where white is very popular. Over here it was not cool but it's become fashionable (I blame the Porsche GT3 in respect of PH's) where as in most other countries it was never a fashion, just simply another colour!!
Seriously, white is just another colour in other countries. Go down to Australia and have a look around, loads of white cars. Same applies in most other western countries and also in South East Asia where white is very popular. Over here it was not cool but it's become fashionable (I blame the Porsche GT3 in respect of PH's) where as in most other countries it was never a fashion, just simply another colour!!
Edited by Lagerlout on Friday 21st January 14:01
limpsfield said:
I think the recent trend is influenced from UAE states like Dubai - it seemed to be popular over there for years.
When I worked in Saudi 10 years ago, every company car (from every company) was white with the company logos stencilled on the doors by an aerosol-equipped Bangladeshi. Almost all Toyotas as I recall, usually poverty-spec apart from aircon.It all started, in the main, with police forces realising that the resale value on silver cars was much higher than the white cars they were buying. So they started buying bulk in silver, poverty spec white cars with 300,000 miles on the clock stopped turning up at auctions, and the stigma of white was lost in the UK. People started buying white cars again, and then the rest of the world followed us.
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