Topic: Where have all the colours gone?

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I might have to move up a bit in size for our next vehicle. I've been going around the various websites and noticed the same dull colour palate on almost all of the Asian and European vehicles: Silver, charcoal, black, possibly a very dark blue, and just to be sporty, perhaps gunmetal.

The colour palate is practically Victorian. Strong colours? Certainly not! Evidence of a poor upbringing! A RED CAR! That's an affront to our moral rectitude!

At least some of the NA manufacturers  offer something in the way of colour, though perhaps Dodge is taking it a bit too far:

[Mitlov]

My office manager drives a black-and-yellow Charger Daytona.  It looks like a bumblebee, if bumblebees were the size of humpback whales.

To address the main point of your original post, most cars offer red as a possible paint job...even very conservative cars like the Camry and the Elantra.  I do wish there were more green cars, though.  I love a nice deep emerald green, or better yet, British racing green.

[dr_spock]

I like silver.     You could always have it custom painted.    Any colour is possible if you have enough money.

[mdxtasy]

I've seen the lime green Charger with the black stipes/lettering...and a few orange ones too....holy loud Batman.

[Snowman]

Silver is not my preference but it is easy to maintain. If I had more quality time for my car(s) they would all be black.

[airbalancer]

Black is nice but a pain to keep clean

[tpl]

I would certainly like to see some regular colours... the things that you get in a spectrum, not muddy "designer colours" helped along by metalflakes or clearcoat.
My BMW green looks almost black except in sunlight... which I dont like as it makes it look dirtier than it usually is.
The FIT is a nice bright blue... not my choice... I would have had a red one.

[Turbo Bob]

Silver is easy to not clean.

Black looks best on virtually every car but is high maintenance.

Orange is fastest.

 

[mwqa]

My choice for the FIT is lunar mist. It's not offered in Canada, only in the States and Europe. 

[AVToller]

Silver is easy to not clean.

Black looks best on virtually every car but is high maintenance.

Orange is fastest.

 

I am in the tiny minority that thinks black looks good on VERY few cars. Even if it weren't for the extra cleaning and extra heat in summer, I would not ever have another black car. I did have a black MG Magnette back in the '60s, but that was my only black car.

[sirAQUAMAN64]

I wish there were more brighter colours or you could pay to special order.

[Scaerio]

When I bought my Aerio I was trying to decide whether to buy red or sapphire blue.  A friend of mine told me that reds tend to suffer more from fading and sun bleaching, so I opted for the blue.

[ktm525]

Good point. My P1800 is Ferrari Guard Red and I love it. It's original colour was mustard yellow. I chickened out with the V70R and ordered Titanium. Red was just too attention grabbing for a Q ship and the Sonic Blue made the wagon look like a Subaru.

[dorin]

I think that, along with the maintenance laziness, the lack of stand-out factor is one of the reasons why people go for a gray car.  As much as I like the burnt orange and WRC blue colours that the Mazda3 has been available in, I went for boring medium gray (titanium in marketing speak) because the car blends in.  Now if the roof rack with the 3 bike trays would only blend in as well...

[quadzilla]

I think that, along with the maintenance laziness, the lack of stand-out factor is one of the reasons why people go for a gray car.  As much as I like the burnt orange and WRC blue colours that the Mazda3 has been available in, I went for boring medium gray (titanium in marketing speak) because the car blends in.  Now if the roof rack with the 3 bike trays would only blend in as well...

OT -- What did you end up getting? Were you able to get the Mazda version?

[dorin]

I think that, along with the maintenance laziness, the lack of stand-out factor is one of the reasons why people go for a gray car.  As much as I like the burnt orange and WRC blue colours that the Mazda3 has been available in, I went for boring medium gray (titanium in marketing speak) because the car blends in.  Now if the roof rack with the 3 bike trays would only blend in as well...

OT -- What did you end up getting? Were you able to get the Mazda version?

I already had the all-purpose Thule version from the MX-3 but now thanks to a very timely tip from a CTC member I managed to get a set of used Mazda bars.  The Mazda bars do mount much more easily and they're much quieter than the all-purpose bars.  They also sit quite a bit higher.

[wing]

Yellow surprisingly hides the dirty well, but not many cars look good in yellow and almost all shades of yellow are pretty bad (except mine of course... and F cars and P cars).

White seems to work well too for some reason and it is easy to wash as you can tell where you cleaned it or not.

[ktm525]

I like white. White would have been my first choice for the V70R.

[safristi]

Tha BESTEST is    deep BRG......the PLUM on the 2007 Mazda cars......and that Ivory/metallic/whitey/Cream whatyacallit on the Acadia/Audi's.....a deep Titanium has it ALL OVER Black...which in REAL LIFE looks like DOG POO..98% of the time...'cos of dust,rain,pollen,Pidgeon ,mud,snow,crud.....etc etc.... ..that and RED (other than on a TRUE SPORTS CAR) are PURE SHOWROOM PORN BAIT..........

[ktm525]

When I bought my Aerio I was trying to decide whether to buy red or sapphire blue.  A friend of mine told me that reds tend to suffer more from fading and sun bleaching, so I opted for the blue.

I think older reds suffered from the sun for sure. I drove a pink Datsun pickup that was originally red.  Actually it was more of a dusty rose..