Best car colour?

PiKe · 23 May 2009 at 19:47

I've always liked red cars but you don't seem to see many red cars on the road, is this because the sun turns them pink eventually or is it just not a very popular colour?

Janesy B · 23 May 2009 at 19:56

Totally depends on the car. Everyone wants metallic paint or silver so plain colours like red aren't as popular. They don't pink if looked after properly and aren't Vauxhalls.

shifty_uk · 23 May 2009 at 19:59

Janesy B said:
and aren't Vauxhalls.

Do Vauxhall use different paint from everyone else? :confused:

Thomas. PLease. · 23 May 2009 at 19:59

yep depends on the car imo

Participant · 23 May 2009 at 20:00

I've just ordered a steel grey metallic and everyone's telling me it's boring! Whoops!

Cr0fty · 23 May 2009 at 20:02

Electric blue.

jellybeard999 · 23 May 2009 at 20:03

Depends entirely on the car.

Dunks · 23 May 2009 at 20:04

shifty_uk said:
Do Vauxhall use different paint from everyone else?

Not sure, but every old Vaxhall Cavalier in red I have seen has faded a fair bit

Janesy B · 23 May 2009 at 20:04

shifty_uk said:
Do Vauxhall use different paint from everyone else?

Well no but the way the paint is finished is different so you will see a lot of red faded Vauxhalls. I think VX still do it the old fashioned way as opposed to base coat and lacqer. I think thats why anyway but if you want a simple answer then yes, it is different.

Dup · 23 May 2009 at 20:22

I quite like the blue they use on the Corsa VXR.

peterattheboro · 23 May 2009 at 20:24

Rosso Corsa is my favourite colour

West · 23 May 2009 at 20:24

I quite like red.. but I am biased afterall

PiKe · 23 May 2009 at 20:26

S2000 in red is complete win.

halliwelldj · 23 May 2009 at 20:34

Black and silver could be put on pretty much any car and would be good.

Defcon5 · 23 May 2009 at 20:38

Black is fantastic IF you can keep it looking perfect

utajoker · 23 May 2009 at 20:44

i think black is guaranteed to suit any car

Perywinkle · 23 May 2009 at 20:45

White of course!

Jotun · 23 May 2009 at 20:49

Another vote for black, although I may be biased

Looks good when it's clean. My old Astra was metallic blue which looked pretty good generally (as good as an Astra can), the dirt wasn't *too* obvious either. My punto before that was red, which I wasn't too fond of.

I think the best colours are black, white or something metallic.

Duke · 23 May 2009 at 20:50

Black looks good on most cars, but is a pain to keep looking good. Silver looks tidy and is easier to keep clean looking.

mark66 · 23 May 2009 at 20:52

DunK1 said:
Not sure, but every old Vaxhall Cavalier in red I have seen has faded a fair bit

Indeed all old red Astras are now pink!