Not just the color. Each make and model used to look distinct and unique. Now they all have the same vague SUV shape. It makes sense aerodynamics and safety standards are a thing but it still feels so corporate and almost dystopian.
They typically look like a mildly used bar of soap on wheels.
There are far more sedan shapes over SUV ones on the road, but with that said I agree with your reasoning. It’s natural that the most efficient shapes are adopted en masse so everyone can benefit. Same with other things like safety standards/regulations.
Yes.
Sick of the gray in cars, clothing, buildings, etc. etc. etc.
Proudly owns a blue car in a sea of boring.
Everyone wants a car that blends in so that they are less of a target for cops.
Part of why I drive a Volvo.
If you see a Volvo speeding you think “Gee, that doctor must be in a big hurry”
Oh, that’d be an interesting study I’d read about! Any sociology majors out there who need a thesis? lol
That’s apparently apocryphal. The rate of pullover tracks with the most common car color (currently white). Driver behavior (speeding, illegal turning, etc) and other outstanding features (lapsed registration, broken tail light) are the most common proximate causes for a pull over.
Not me! I’ll take a flashy sports car over a boring beige box any day of the week.
Race red mustang gt. I’ll take the heat off y’all.
You could also get factory colors “custom”. What was available at the dealership was one thing, but they had a host of other color options you could special order. Like upgrading from an AM radio to AM/FM Cassette. You just had to wait for the factory to do a run of that option before your car would get shipped. More options were a la carte and you weren’t forced into trim packages like today that are like cable tv packages - pay for a bunch of shit you don’t want to get the one or two options you do. Want AWD? Sure! But you have to take “premium sound”, floor mats, cargo separator, and exterior trim packages too.
My current car is bright red. I bought it used without consideration to the color. That’s been the case for every car I’ve owned. I’ve had orange, metallic beige (I think Honda called it “Champagne”) three times, forest green twice, silver, and burgundy. I’ve never had blue, black, gray, or white.
If I got to pick, I think I’d choose candy apple red, burgundy metallic, or a deep cobalt blue metallic. I liked the green one okay, but I’m not a big fan of green.
Not sure if it is still the case, but back in '96 when I learned to drive, I was told that insurance companies charge more for red and black cars, because they get pulled over more frequently than other colors.
I’ve never wanted to buy one of the cars it is on but as a colour, I really like Mazda’s “Soul Red Crystal Metallic”
Blame this on the car insurance companies. They claim that certain car colors are less likely to be in a wreck.
Also blame car manufacturers. Some colors cost more than others. Check the sticker price next time you’re in the market.
What’s with the melty slate colors lately?
They make me think of colored clay.
I would argue this is 2010’s and people just can’t afford the new colorful 2020 cars, they all seem bright and colorful.
Many people here say that people don’t want to be targeted by cops but I don’t feel like cops target colored cars specifically. At least where I live I feel like they target stereotypical vehicles, which would mean a combination of brand and model, color, tinted windows, any visible modding etc., and also the body style of the car. For example a gray roadster will have a higher chance to be targeted by the police than a yellow minivan. A modded car will always be stopped more than average.
So the way to not get targeted is to get a car that screams “mother/father of two in an unhappy marriage”. Or go to the other extream and get whatever the mafia drives if you have the money. I have never seen a G-class Mercedes stopped by the police.
The target here is vans, black BMW, Audi, Mercedes, and then the grey of the same 3 brands, it became an absolute stereotype
Picking cherries is fun!
Someone finally decided to call this shit out, I go to any parking lot, and I get depressed by tge uniformity and how bland it looks, 3 colour saturation, white,black and fucken grey, it’s depressing af.and don’t get me started on the Tesla epidemic, black, white Grey hideousness
What you miss is the oversaturated color in earlier photography.
I was listening to NPR recently & they had a segment about this. The guy they had on said it was a mix of corporate savings & market response. Many people just wanted black, white & red cars. So that’s the colors we see the most.
which i absolutely believe. when i see dealerships selling oddly colored cars they tend to have a 5k discount. my friend got a equinox that was a but strangely colored for less, and in my area a kona had a 5k discount for being hi-vis green. plus i imagine anyone wanting a specific color would just go to a shop for it.
Oh yeah, getting a wrap for your car is big business nowadays. Seems like the only way to get the color you want.
…oh god dammit they playin us all the damn time.
The 80s, when your car was colorful and your house was… not
Brown is dark orange
