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Old 12-14-2007, 04:09 AM   #1
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Most popular car colour...

...North America: White (19 %)
...Europe: Black (25 %)
...Mexico: White (32 %)
...Brazil: Silver (34 %)
...China: Silver (23 %)
...South korea: Silver (39 %)
...Japan: White (24 %)

Source: DuPont 2007 Global Automotive Color Popularity Report

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Old 12-14-2007, 04:13 AM   #2
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Re: Most popular car colour...

White is the new black.
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Old 12-14-2007, 04:52 AM   #3
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Re: Most popular car colour...

I think this has something to do with the I-pod effect, as well as the fact that new car design works well with white colour.
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Old 12-14-2007, 05:36 AM   #4
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Re: Most popular car colour...

And because people have less time to clean their cars these days and black is a very high maintance colour...
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Old 12-14-2007, 06:05 AM   #5
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Re: Most popular car colour...

I have a feeling that dark grey is coming...
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Old 12-14-2007, 07:25 AM   #6
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Re: Most popular car colour...

Too bad the manufacturer don't want to offer us Europeans anything more exciting looking than refrigerator white.

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Old 12-14-2007, 10:27 AM   #7
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Re: Most popular car colour...

^^LOL Lu ...that is not very tolerant of you
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Re: Most popular car colour...

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^^LOL Lu ...that is not very tolerant of you
What I meant is that we here in Europe, especially in Sweden, only get ugly shades of white, and some luxury cars can't even be ordered in white. We also want pearl white, arctic white and other tasty colours like cherry red.

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Re: Most popular car colour...

^^ I knew what you meant Hassan ......I'm just playing with you
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^^ I knew what you meant Hassan ......I'm just playing with you
I know and I think I need to rephrase what I wrote.
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Re: Most popular car colour...

Quit amazing! I didn`t think red would be in the top 5.

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Re: Most popular car colour...

I was expecting red. People think it's a sporty color because of Ferrari.
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