rtbiscuit Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Found this quiet interesting Traditionally only a fool notices the colour of a new car. When you're buying you need to consider things like fuel consumption, insurance costs and reliability - rather than falling for the shiny red one. However, a new report reveals that the colour of the car you buy can make a huge difference to its resale value. So what colours hold their value best - and which will lose their value before you even drive them off the forecourt? Best value Valuation experts CAP measured the relative value of second hand cars after they reached five years old. They compared the same makes and models, and found wide variations in value simply because of colour. The cars which held their value best were white, followed by indigo, purple, pink and brown. This flies in the face of popular opinion. Traditionally white were known in the motor trade as being tough to shift. Not only were they impossible to keep showroom white, but they tended to out-stay their welcome at the dealership. As little as two years ago, the experts at What Car were warning that a prestige white model could lose up to £1,000 a year more than colours like silver and grey. Fashion However, the CAP research revealed that they tend to hold their value more nowadays - and are worth around 5% more than the average comparable car after five years. There are two possible explanations. One is fashion. After years of being roundly mocked, white cars are now back in fashion, and because there are fewer of them available on the second-hand market, they attract a premium. The other is that this piece of research includes all sorts of sporty models, which influence the results. They come in unusual colours, and sell well on the second-hand market. This explains why indigo, pink and purple tend to outperform too. It's unlikely to mean your bog-standard family hatchback is better bought in pink. Take a Fiat 500, for example, a white model is likely to remain a classic, and hold its value. Worst colours At the other end of the spectrum, the colours which lost value the fastest were Turquoise, maroon, green, gold and blue. They suffer from being neither popular (like silver and black which perform averagely) or exciting and sporty (like white and indigo). As a result, they can be hard to shift second hand. This is good news for the second-hand car buyer. If you want a real bargain, you may find that a green, maroon or blue car is significantly cheaper. The best and worst performers 1. White 2. Indigo 3. Purple 4. Pink 5. Yellow 6. Grey 7. Brown 8. Black 9. Silver 10. Red 11. Orange 12. Blue 13. Gold 14. Green 15. Turquoise 16. Maroon oringinal webpage http://money.aol.co.uk/2012/08/30/which-colour-car-holds-its-value-best/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete87 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Also depends what car it applies to most people won't want a gold corsa however the gold 350's are nice the only car that looks good in gold in my opinion. And I'm sure a bright yellow BMW won't sell well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 One is fashion. Yes, things change. You couldn't get a black car in The 60's. Silver was the considered to be the safest colour just a few years ago, just look at numbers of early TT's (and Zed's) in Silver. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 O no I'll just have to keep my green zed and suffer the 500 WHP buzz myself as the colour will put buyers off. I am so so disappointed NOT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuarty Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Really depends on the car. BMW's defo alpine white. VXR's arden blue, 911 black, Audi white etc etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Maroon . . . is that a little like Ioneabee's Zed colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dblock Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Silver is more attractive than blue? I think not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumping350 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Looks like Il have to change the colour of my car to make it more valuable do they do a blade brown lol how is brown up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Maroon . . . is that a little like Ioneabee's Zed colour nope - apparently mine is Poo coloured - so doesn't even make the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-350 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Also depends what car it applies to most people won't want a gold corsa however the gold 350's are nice the only car that looks good in gold in my opinion. And I'm sure a bright yellow BMW won't sell well Erm a Dakar yellow BMW is quite rare and sexy as ****! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 When the feck has a pink car ever held it's value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-350 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 15 years ago a White car couldnt be given away, and now its no.1 choice! It changes all the time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilMH Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Indigo is a "deep and bright" shade of blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) ...and exactly why you shouldn't let journo's near numbers I wonder what their sample size was for the conclusion on the colour turquoise by make and model was for instance? 3? A quick look on PH classifieds and out of 85,000 cars for sale 47 are turquoise before you even start to break that down by make, model and age. Good grief. I wonder how they took account for the variations in spec? Condition? Edited March 22, 2013 by coldel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Find it extremely hard to believe that Indigo, Purple, Pink, Yellow, Grey & Brown?!!!!!! hold their value better than black. Who an earth would want an Indigo, pink, purple or brown car? The colours which hold their value are those which are popular. Traditionally black has always been popular. Silver was the colour to have a few years back. That slid more into gunmetal, now white is the colour to have. Wonder whats next? Poo brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 While I completely agree that the colour of any car can make or break it (saw a vw up in black for the first time and thought that's quite tidy! ), there's too many variables to consider when looking at used car prices. Age, spec, mileage, condition, service history etc etc it's too hard to find identical cars to compare the prices on colour Yes azure, chilli, night blue might be more attractive to most buyers and the right colour cam transform the appearance of any car, it's a very personal thing. Im not a fan of sunset zeds but some won't consider any other colour Anyhoo I'm booking my skyline in for a brown respray with a pink roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Maroon . . . is that a little like Ioneabee's Zed colour Nope that's poop coloured... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Maroon . . . is that a little like Ioneabee's Zed colour Nope that's poop coloured... beat you to that ages ago - 9th post down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Maroon . . . is that a little like Ioneabee's Zed colour Nope that's poop coloured... beat you to that ages ago - 9th post down Sorry to crap on the thread Edited March 22, 2013 by spursmaddave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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