Normal cars with fun colours?
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Why is it that in the UK with our grey weather that everyone seems to own a grey/silver/black/white car!? Surely a bit of colour would bring some more brightness to the place 
Which normal everyday cars are on offer with the best paint as a standard option? (not the ones where you can have any colour as an option...!).
Which normal everyday cars are on offer with the best paint as a standard option? (not the ones where you can have any colour as an option...!).
I suppose it is market led. When we bought our blandly-coloured Mondeo, ford were just putting an end to Black Cherry in favour of yet another silver/grey. I suppose it's what sells.
I think there is also a cost issue. One of my favourites is the metallic red on the new Clio but it's about £900 IIRC. Ford also do a red and I think a purple, which cost about £700 each and the red isn't even that much different to the free one they offer.
I think there is also a cost issue. One of my favourites is the metallic red on the new Clio but it's about £900 IIRC. Ford also do a red and I think a purple, which cost about £700 each and the red isn't even that much different to the free one they offer.
If I had to drive something dull then I'd want it in a dull colour so I wasn't constantly reminded that I'd spent perfectly good money buying a Honda Jazz with extra money on optional yellow paint. Buying a Honda Jazz is not something you want a constant vibrant reminder of (I imagine).
Given that most people want a dull car it seems logical that they also want a dull colour.
Given that most people want a dull car it seems logical that they also want a dull colour.
LuS1fer said:
One of my favourites is the metallic red on the new Clio but it's about £900 IIRC.
The red is £595; £100 more than the other metallics, it is called Flame red and is a fantastic colour. The reason for the higher cost is the paint process takes longer to do and is quite complicated, this is to enable the paint to achieve the very high polished look and very deep intense colour.Many new models are initially offered, along with the normal greys, blues, blacks etc, with the brighter colours but no one is brave enough to go for them so over time these bright colours are quietly dropped from the range.
We get people going "ooooh that yellow/green/orange/etc is fantastic, it looks so nice and it'll be good to be different......I'll have the silver please!!"
I saw a filthy example of that Golf once and thought it had just been crashed a lot! Didn't realise it was actually a paint option...
Amazingly I'll throw in Mercedes, BMW and Audi for good colours. Rarely do people pick them but A5's and C classes look good in red, and the 3 series looks good in blue. The current A class seems to have a decent colour choice as well from the examples I've seen. Not sure if these are standard colours though...
Of course the majority of them are specced for resale values
Amazingly I'll throw in Mercedes, BMW and Audi for good colours. Rarely do people pick them but A5's and C classes look good in red, and the 3 series looks good in blue. The current A class seems to have a decent colour choice as well from the examples I've seen. Not sure if these are standard colours though...
Of course the majority of them are specced for resale values
HTP99 said:
The red is £595; £100 more than the other metallics, it is called Flame red and is a fantastic colour. The reason for the higher cost is the paint process takes longer to do and is quite complicated, this is to enable the paint to achieve the very high polished look and very deep intense colour.
Many new models are initially offered, along with the normal greys, blues, blacks etc, with the brighter colours but no one is brave enough to go for them so over time these bright colours are quietly dropped from the range.
We get people going "ooooh that yellow/green/orange/etc is fantastic, it looks so nice and it'll be good to be different......I'll have the silver please!!"
The higher cost is because people will pay it and for no other reason......Many new models are initially offered, along with the normal greys, blues, blacks etc, with the brighter colours but no one is brave enough to go for them so over time these bright colours are quietly dropped from the range.
We get people going "ooooh that yellow/green/orange/etc is fantastic, it looks so nice and it'll be good to be different......I'll have the silver please!!"
Not a big fan of the really lairy colours like the lime green focus RS or the dynorod coloured ZX9 I saw a while back. Iw as actually after a more subdued colour when I bought my Octavia but the "Race blue" has grown on me despite being a little bit "look at me!" for a diesel hatchback
Matt.. said:
Why is it that in the UK with our grey weather that everyone seems to own a grey/silver/black/white car!? Surely a bit of colour would bring some more brightness to the place
Which normal everyday cars are on offer with the best paint as a standard option? (not the ones where you can have any colour as an option...!).
there's actually some science behind it, because of our position to the equator the colour temperature of the light we receive is cooler than on the equator which makes bright coloured cars look less appealing, go somewhere hot and bright (where the colour temp is warmer) and you may see more brightly coloured carsWhich normal everyday cars are on offer with the best paint as a standard option? (not the ones where you can have any colour as an option...!).
either that or we are all just miserable sods
You're mostly all miserable sods 
I've lived in the UK (london) and Australia. Cars of colours look better in the UK, Eu etc in my opinion, back here the bright sun washes out any colour making most look pastel and bland. Red, is an absolute shocker here
.... and for the OP.. Fiat 500.
I've lived in the UK (london) and Australia. Cars of colours look better in the UK, Eu etc in my opinion, back here the bright sun washes out any colour making most look pastel and bland. Red, is an absolute shocker here
.... and for the OP.. Fiat 500.
Edited by craig_m67 on Monday 27th January 15:40
CarlT said:
HTP99 said:
The red is £595; £100 more than the other metallics, it is called Flame red and is a fantastic colour. The reason for the higher cost is the paint process takes longer to do and is quite complicated, this is to enable the paint to achieve the very high polished look and very deep intense colour.
Many new models are initially offered, along with the normal greys, blues, blacks etc, with the brighter colours but no one is brave enough to go for them so over time these bright colours are quietly dropped from the range.
We get people going "ooooh that yellow/green/orange/etc is fantastic, it looks so nice and it'll be good to be different......I'll have the silver please!!"
The higher cost is because people will pay it and for no other reason......Many new models are initially offered, along with the normal greys, blues, blacks etc, with the brighter colours but no one is brave enough to go for them so over time these bright colours are quietly dropped from the range.
We get people going "ooooh that yellow/green/orange/etc is fantastic, it looks so nice and it'll be good to be different......I'll have the silver please!!"
- You only get bulk discounts on the supply of high volume paints.
- Adding carefully graded metalic flakes costs money.
- One-off colours interupting a batch of silver causes disruption to the production line.
- It's not as easy to touch up in-process rework in pearlescent blue as it is flat white.
Not as much as you'll get charged for it, but then if they didn't make profit on the option they would be idiots, and we can't blame people for not being idiots can we?
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