[patpending]

Update: I've just been reading an article about the car paint development section of BASF and they expect green to be in in about three years, which is the time they take to develop a colour.

I note "green" is only 1% in that graphic and the only new green cars I have seen recently are turbo nutter Fords for people who think the orange ones are wimpy.

Apparently "green" has been seen as "deliberately environmentally-friendly" (e.g. for hybrids) recently but this is changing to "solid and dependable".

And not "turbo nutter".

 

[Mean & Green]

Yes it really is all about being dreary, unadventurous and boring.

I completely agree, IMO the black, silver, grey bias is all about having a lack of imagination and wanting to all but dissapear.

Update: I've just been reading an article about the car paint development section of BASF and they expect green to be in in about three years, which is the time they take to develop a colour.

I note "green" is only 1% in that graphic and the only new green cars I have seen recently are turbo nutter Fords for people who think the orange ones are wimpy.

Apparently "green" has been seen as "deliberately environmentally-friendly" (e.g. for hybrids) recently but this is changing to "solid and dependable".

And not "turbo nutter".

That's a pitty, I rather like being in the minority with green.

 

[patpending]

Update from car club ADAC, quoting BASF again:

This time comparing Germany 2012 with 1982 in % (1982 in first brackets) [Europe as per graph in OP in square brackets]


Black 29.5 (1.8) [23]
Grey 29.4 (13.0) [15] [Germany has twice the proportion of grey cars of Europe]
White 15.7 (11.6) [24] (ignores it fell to zero in the meantime) [loads more white outside Germany]
Blue 8.2 (15.5) [8]
Brown 6.6 ( 4.5) [6]
Red 5.9 (22.7) [6]
Yellow 1.6 (12.2) [1]
Green 1.0 (14.5) [1]
Other 2.1 ( 4.2) [2]

 

[John]

The new browns by vw and Mazda are very striking. If I was buying either new it would be my first choice

 

[Ben Richards]

Some of the new browns look quite nice. I also like metallic purple, Audi have a nice purple in their exclusive line, and Fiat do a dark purple on the 500 too.

 

[SLARTIBARTFAST]

You can touch up white paint with Tippex though. And polish dries in the scratches better than almost any other colour.

Still looks like they should have a ballcock in them though. Some do I am sure.

 

[Old Codger]

You can touch up white paint with Tippex though. And polish dries in the scratches better than almost any other colour.

Still looks like they should have a ballcock in them though. Some do I am sure.

Mainly the Audis & low spec BMWs. The ballcock appears to be added at delivery!

 

[ROVER-25X]

The new browns by vw and Mazda are very striking. If I was buying either new it would be my first choice

Brown never has and never will look nice on a car.

 

[John]

Since you like the 6 your views on what looks good is null and void

 

[patpending]

Here's a comparison of Germany 2011 with 2000. Brown is the big winner - we already know about black and white. Green has fallen to less than white was!

Give up on this formatting!
Colour 2011 2000
Black 31.0 18.9
Grey/Silver 30.9 32.9
White 13.0 4.2
Blue 9.0 24.1
Brown 6.0 0.1
Red 5.8 7.4
Yellow 1.4 2.2
Green 1.1 9.5
Other 0.7 -
Purple 0.6 0.5
Orange 0.4 0.3

 

[SLARTIBARTFAST]

Old English White looks great - particularly on my 1964 MGB. Toilet Bowl White looks cheap.

Love the burnt orange metallics on some of the latest cars though.

 

[Old Codger]

Old English White looks great - particularly on my 1964 MGB. Toilet Bowl White looks cheap.

Love the burnt orange metallics on some of the latest cars though.

Old English White = old toilet bowl!

Burnt Orange = Ginger! see it on a lot of Hondas & Kias - Nuff said!

 

[SLARTIBARTFAST]

Old English White = old toilet bowl!

Burnt Orange = Ginger! see it on a lot of Hondas & Kias - Nuff said!

But if we all liked the same thing, it would be a boring old world, wouldn't it? I really like the Sportage in that burnt orange colour, and the Freelander, however can see why some wouldn't, but I have never been one to hide my light under a bushell.

 

[SLARTIBARTFAST]

And when I hair, it was ginger. All the best people are. the rest are just jealous.

 

[John]

All the Landys in g4 orange look cool

 

[patpending]

And here's September 2013 - black and silver are drooping a bit, red, brown, and yellow are going up, but the big winner is white!

Colour (Sep)2013/2011/2000
Black 28.5/31.0/18.9
Grey/Silver 27.0/30.9/32.9
White 18.4/13.0/4.2
Blue 8.7/9.0/24.1
Brown 6.5/6.0/0.1
Red 6.3/5.8/7.4
Yellow 1.8/1.4/2.2

Other* 2.8/2.8/10.3

*includes Green, Purple and Orange. Green was 9.5% of the total in 2000 (double White!)

(source for month September 2013: German DVLA quoted in auto motor + sport)

 

[gnu]

I'm certainly noticing a bit more colour on the roads now - good thing to!

Green (BRG) is the top of gnu's cars owned list:

Green 28.6%
Red 28.6%
Orange 14.3%
White 14.3%
Grey 14.3%

 

[MalcQV]

Mine is red. (currently owned)
Two red, one yellow and one black.

 

[patpending]

Walking past the local B*W dealership today, I noticed they had no coloured cars at all apart from one new blue one.

There were also no silver/grey ones - all the rest were either black or white, and they re-arranged in the course of the morning so that the ones by the road were all white.

 

[LeRich]

Walking past the local B*W dealership today, I noticed they had no coloured cars at all apart from one new blue one.

There were also no silver/grey ones - all the rest were either black or white, and they re-arranged in the course of the morning so that the ones by the road were all white.

Same at the Audi dealer I pass - nothing but a sea of black and white and all shades in between. I think I saw a red car there once...