Why aren’t all cars available in all colours?

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Interested to know the issues. How hard can it be?

Looking at the manufactures websites and seeing only a few colours, just got me thinking.

I seem to remember TVR offering any colour. But I may have got that wrong.

Anybody able to shed some light?

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s55shh said:

the skoda configurator in Czech has about 40 different colours. In UK they only offer about 10. Same factory. Why? Miserable buggers.....

Exactly, it can’t only be cost, we pay for optional extras.

What else is involved?

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Doofus said:

In the UK in particular, the majority of new cars are leases on business fleets. The conservative nature of the UK market means that pink, yellow and gold cars are harder to sell on the used market. Therefore, keeping to a conservative palate supports used prices and therefore keep lease costs down.

Demand/Supply/Demand. Or something.

That may explain why they don’t, but it doesn’t explain why they can’t.

If I want a yellow C Class, and I’m prepared to pay for it, resale value is my problem, surely.

I’m interested to know if there is any technical reasons why they can’t, or is it, as suggested, simply easier not to?

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That’s fantastic, great info.

One question though, why do they have to throw away paint? Why can’t it go back into the system?