Grey is the colour

bladeowner · Post by **bladeowner** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:55 am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46906254

philbo909 · Post by **philbo909** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:17 am

Nardo grey leading the charge
I've always preferred blue

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:38 am

I'm assuming that those figures don't inlcude fleet vehicles? Surely most of them would be white, thus putting it at No.1?
And I see black is only 0.2% behind grey

road warrior · Post by **road warrior** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:15 am

Regarding fleet. I imagine the clue would be if there was CHOICE.

RustyZ4 · Post by **RustyZ4** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:57 pm

Its the fact that beige is there

Crazy Harry · Post by **Crazy Harry** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:29 pm

Nothing like the late 60's early 70's colours - paint it your self gloss from the hardware shop or black. In the late 70's I had a mk2 Cortina which was 'Saluki Bronze' and not so long afterwards a VW Beetle in 'Harvest Gold'. Think everybody is too worried about resale value now to go for brave colours! .... as if I bought those cars based on colour though - they were all I could afford

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:36 pm

Don't see many grey cars in these parts.

brillomaster · Post by **brillomaster** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:01 pm

I've had...

blue 35%
black 28%
grey 21%
silver 7%
green 7%

given the choice, I'd have a bmw sepang, estoril or le mans blue... although if I ever get a supercar, I'd go lime green.

I don't think I've ever considered resale value as a reason to pick a colour, but I've always owned cars outright.

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:44 pm

I've never bought a new car, so my colour choice has always been limited by what is around.

But thankfully I've managed to avoid grey so far - that is such a miserable choice IMHO!

Mind you I have owned silver cars for a total of 12+ years, and metallic black for 8+ years. I much prefer a proper colour like blue (6+ years) or red (5+).

For horrible colours I don't think you can do better than early 70s BL colours - they used to do dark blue Marinas with red trim and khaki green ones with tan trim, and yet people actually bought them!

I did own a 1973 Rover P6B in Mexico Brown - but other offerings included Tobacco Leaf, Almond Brown and April Yellow. Just minging!

Capa · Post by **Capa** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:10 pm

.... I actually quite like stratus grey....

Only coz it's kinda pearl/gold in certain lights mind. I usually go for red/blue...

BeeEmm · Post by **BeeEmm** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:52 pm

Capa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:10 pm .... I actually quite like stratus grey....

Stratus Grey was discontinued, but is now available as a BMW Individual Colour at an additional cost of £4,835 on a 5 series car including an M5. Unbelievable!

ThomasDE85Z4 · Post by **ThomasDE85Z4** » Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:26 pm

bladeowner wrote: ↑Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:55 am https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46906254

I read that and seen they had an old silver Porsche as the pic hehe
PS nice Z4 you have

Capa · Post by **Capa** » Wed Jan 23, 2019 4:53 pm

BeeEmm wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:52 pm
Capa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 2:10 pm .... I actually quite like stratus grey....
Stratus Grey was discontinued, but is now available as a BMW Individual Colour at an additional cost of £4,835 on a 5 series car including an M5. Unbelievable!

Wow. That is quite the sum.

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