Car Color Facts and Fictions

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Car Color Facts and Fictions

We provide answers to your car color questions. What's most popular? Do red cars get more tickets? Are yellow cars safer? Can a color deter thieves?

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edklein

I can't help but wonder how much of this is a self fulfilling prophecy from the car makers. Sure, white is going to be the most popular color when a car maker offers three different whites that amount of 40% of the color choices for a vehicle. The others being two blacks, a silver, a couple of variations of sand/beige/tan. In most cases, there's not even an option to select an interesting color from the manufacturer.

writerinfact

As a side note, that side-by-side temperature comparison was (unofficially) done by a local Phoenix television news team. Easy enough to find two cars of the same make and model but different colors; they're parked in the company lot all day. Just add thermometers! And yes, the interior temperature difference was definitely noticeable - although light exterior color does not affect one's need to wear gloves in order to open the door in Phoenix in August!

P.S. Using windshield sun-blockers also helps, if only by preventing direct sun on things like steering wheel and gearshift knob. Tinting windows also helps, unless your state prohibits enough tint to be effective - like New Jersey. Which, usually, has no problem with excess sunshine.

odie6l

Why is it the Wranglers are the only SUV's that get the fun colors. I would have loved to see a nice Orange or Bright Blue on the new Pilot. Yes I know the 4Runner has the Burnt Orange, but only on the TRD Pro trim (starts at $45k).

Odie

Michaell

odie6l said:

Why is it the Wranglers are the only SUV's that get the fun colors. I would have loved to see a nice Orange or Bright Blue on the new Pilot. Yes I know the 4Runner has the Burnt Orange, but only on the TRD Pro trim (starts at $45k).

Odie

I suspect that most folks look at their SUV like a car, and the muted colors are all the rage at the moment. Up until last year, every car in my household was silver exterior with a black interior. Now two of the three cars are green-ish in color, and my Hyundai is the only one silver and black.

I plan to correct that when my lease is up next year. I'm thinking either red or blue for whatever I get next time around.

odie6l

@Michaell , Guess I'm in the Minority that actually uses the Sport & Utility aspect of the SUV.

Odie

stever

Another car color article with a bit of the usual psycho-babble commentary. It reminds me that I've had an orange car, a green one, a red one, but mostly silver ones.

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