The colour of new cars.
Discussion
it's been this way for a while
I think one of the reasons is the popularity of the prestige German brands (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche).
If you look on their websites they normally have a set of standard colours which are the boring ones, if you want something different you often have to spend more (for Porsche sometimes the price of a couple month's mortgage!)
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
I think one of the reasons is the popularity of the prestige German brands (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche).
If you look on their websites they normally have a set of standard colours which are the boring ones, if you want something different you often have to spend more (for Porsche sometimes the price of a couple month's mortgage!)
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
hungry_hog said:
it's been this way for a while
I think one of the reasons is the popularity of the prestige German brands (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche).
If you look on their websites they normally have a set of standard colours which are the boring ones, if you want something different you often have to spend more (for Porsche sometimes the price of a couple month's mortgage!)
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
The only standard colours for a Porsche 911 are black and white. Anything else, even boring grey, is extra. I think one of the reasons is the popularity of the prestige German brands (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche).
If you look on their websites they normally have a set of standard colours which are the boring ones, if you want something different you often have to spend more (for Porsche sometimes the price of a couple month's mortgage!)
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
CanAm said:
The only standard colours for a Porsche 911 are black and white. Anything else, even boring grey, is extra.
If I was buying a brand new 911 I'd be going paint to samplePricey but loads of good colours and if you're buying a nice car like that you may aswell make it special
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pitboard said:
Why have crashingly dull colours become so popular on new cars? Nothing depresses me more than the sight of a battleship grey Porsche
Is it a symptom of the mood of the nation?
I was thinking recently that a corner had been turned. Is it a symptom of the mood of the nation?
Maybe not in the executive market but there's some decent colours available again on smaller cars.
That said I saw 4 different cars all from different brands in extremely similar shades of mid grey parked next to each other a few days ago. It looked thoroughly depressing.
hungry_hog said:
it's been this way for a while
I think one of the reasons is the popularity of the prestige German brands (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche).
If you look on their websites they normally have a set of standard colours which are the boring ones, if you want something different you often have to spend more (for Porsche sometimes the price of a couple month's mortgage!)
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
A couple of years mortgage on some of the Porsche PTS colours. I think one of the reasons is the popularity of the prestige German brands (BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Porsche).
If you look on their websites they normally have a set of standard colours which are the boring ones, if you want something different you often have to spend more (for Porsche sometimes the price of a couple month's mortgage!)
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
Porsche PTS colours not always available when you want to build yours. Quite a few bright blue and orange MGs around these days so I hope MG is in the vanguard of a general shift to livelier colours.
Sportier Porsches may have bold colours but still grey, black and silver predominate. Mercs tend to be boring, BMW and Audi somewhat less so.
I’m no fan of boring colours. I’ve just sold my 911 in Miami Blue and bought an M3 Touring in Isle of Man Green.
Sportier Porsches may have bold colours but still grey, black and silver predominate. Mercs tend to be boring, BMW and Audi somewhat less so.
I’m no fan of boring colours. I’ve just sold my 911 in Miami Blue and bought an M3 Touring in Isle of Man Green.
hungry_hog said:
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
I always see this given as the main reason for this behaviour (hence "resale grey"),but when 90% of new car buyers are leasing / PCP'ing with the intention of handing
the car back at the end of 2/3/4 years, which do people care about resale vale or the
car being "harder to sell on" in the first place??
Depends on the brand and the buyer I think.
When we bought our 2009 Fiesta back in the day, there were lots of colours to choose from. My Mrs chose “Hot Magenta” (pinky purple).
But BMWs of the time were almost always black, silver or grey, with occasional blue.
Today Minis can be had in yellow, red, blues and greens - lots to choose from, but BYD will offer you black, white or grey.
So it depends what you are buying and who is buying it I think.
When we bought our 2009 Fiesta back in the day, there were lots of colours to choose from. My Mrs chose “Hot Magenta” (pinky purple).
But BMWs of the time were almost always black, silver or grey, with occasional blue.
Today Minis can be had in yellow, red, blues and greens - lots to choose from, but BYD will offer you black, white or grey.
So it depends what you are buying and who is buying it I think.
_Rodders_ said:
pitboard said:
Why have crashingly dull colours become so popular on new cars? Nothing depresses me more than the sight of a battleship grey Porsche
Is it a symptom of the mood of the nation?
I was thinking recently that a corner had been turned. Is it a symptom of the mood of the nation?
Maybe not in the executive market but there's some decent colours available again on smaller cars.
That said I saw 4 different cars all from different brands in extremely similar shades of mid grey parked next to each other a few days ago. It looked thoroughly depressing.
PBCD said:
hungry_hog said:
The other factor is the fear of "funky" colour being harder to sell on.
I always see this given as the main reason for this behaviour (hence "resale grey"),but when 90% of new car buyers are leasing / PCP'ing with the intention of handing
the car back at the end of 2/3/4 years, which do people care about resale vale or the
car being "harder to sell on" in the first place??
Simon_GH said:
I think we re coming out the other side of the monochrome era. There are a few yellow cars on the road. Pearlescent reds seem popular on Mazda and Peugeot cars. I saw a dark green 911 today which looked good.
The Mazda pearlescent red look like great paint. The sort that Ferrari charge upwards of £20k for.Everytime I see a Mazda with that paint I'm impressed by the sheer quality of the paintwork. Never a hint of orange peel.
pitboard said:
Why have crashingly dull colours become so popular on new cars? Nothing depresses me more than the sight of a battleship grey Porsche
Is it a symptom of the mood of the nation?
What colour are you cars? Just as a matter of interest.Is it a symptom of the mood of the nation?
If nothing depresses you more than seeing someone else's Grey car. Seek help!
Mr Squarekins said:
Simon_GH said:
I think we re coming out the other side of the monochrome era. There are a few yellow cars on the road. Pearlescent reds seem popular on Mazda and Peugeot cars. I saw a dark green 911 today which looked good.
The Mazda pearlescent red look like great paint. The sort that Ferrari charge upwards of £20k for.Everytime I see a Mazda with that paint I'm impressed by the sheer quality of the paintwork. Never a hint of orange peel.
I would never buy a grey car. I can see a trend towards softer pastel colours like greens and blues which are reasonably attractive. I see these colours on Volvos, Hyundai's, Fiats et al. next doors Honda has a nice Sage colour.
What I don't like is the "trying too hard" bright colours like the Peugeot/ Fiat metallic vomit/bile.
What I WANT to see is the Fiesta Mk 7 ST Spirit Blue, the old Fiat Sky/Baby Blue and Peppermint Green and how about a metallic burgundy like the old Honda motorcycles or MX5. What happened to the art of a deep candy metallic?
You can stick your MG orange and the Pug metallic teal which needs to be brighter not this dull look. I am also bored by red, white and black.
Maxym said:
Porsche PTS colours not always available when you want to build yours. Quite a few bright blue and orange MGs around these days so I hope MG is in the vanguard of a general shift to livelier colours.
Sportier Porsches may have bold colours but still grey, black and silver predominate. Mercs tend to be boring, BMW and Audi somewhat less so.
I m no fan of boring colours. I ve just sold my 911 in Miami Blue and bought an M3 Touring in Isle of Man Green.
On the MG think. I wonder if it's a way of grabbing attention when you're up and coming. Sportier Porsches may have bold colours but still grey, black and silver predominate. Mercs tend to be boring, BMW and Audi somewhat less so.
I m no fan of boring colours. I ve just sold my 911 in Miami Blue and bought an M3 Touring in Isle of Man Green.
Dacia used to do a good selection of colours but have gone backwards. It's almost like the brand gets to a certain level of recognition and the marketing people decide they have to go conservative.
Practicality is one reason, having been researching the current Prius for several months we pulled the trigger when a pre reg bargain popped up in silver, wanted another silver due to it being one of the best colours for not showing dirt, they look really good in black but the amount of dust we get here from the recycling plant about 3/4 mile away from whence the wind drifts 90% of the time no chance.
Ideally would have liked a metallic red but neighbours had the very similar metallic red on their mazda 6, it looked stunning until someone shunted them up the back, never looked right again but they didn't have to suffer long Diesel lump did its usual self destruct party trick.
Won't be sorry to see the end of the current primer grey trend, car looks years old as it rolls off the production line.
Ideally would have liked a metallic red but neighbours had the very similar metallic red on their mazda 6, it looked stunning until someone shunted them up the back, never looked right again but they didn't have to suffer long Diesel lump did its usual self destruct party trick.
Won't be sorry to see the end of the current primer grey trend, car looks years old as it rolls off the production line.
Colours cost more.
Most cars are leased and the only thing that matters is cost.
Im dumb so paid extra not to have a white telsa Y. They look like a chest freezer in white. So I paid an extra £20 a month on the lease for blue.
Previous 330e on lease was also blue. I regret not getting the burnt orange colour. Being an early g20 it had 4 free options on colour. Black, white, blue and orange.
Previous to that I had primer grey passat. That was the only free colour available. No way was I paying any extra for colour on that car. You had a choice of 5 shades of grey.
Hopefully the new bmw i3 launches with a good colour selection. Would love a techno violet one.
Most cars are leased and the only thing that matters is cost.
Im dumb so paid extra not to have a white telsa Y. They look like a chest freezer in white. So I paid an extra £20 a month on the lease for blue.
Previous 330e on lease was also blue. I regret not getting the burnt orange colour. Being an early g20 it had 4 free options on colour. Black, white, blue and orange.
Previous to that I had primer grey passat. That was the only free colour available. No way was I paying any extra for colour on that car. You had a choice of 5 shades of grey.
Hopefully the new bmw i3 launches with a good colour selection. Would love a techno violet one.
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