doug_999

Just a little venting here.....
When I got my GS430 it was only available in black on black. That's all the midwest dealers were ordering.
When I decided to check out if there were any 545s out there this month, there were only black on black and silver on black. (interior of course).
So tonight I went and drove the M45. While I don't think it is the car for me, I asked them if they had any Red or Blue M45 Sports. Not only did they not have one, the only colors being brought into the entire region are black and silver - THROUGH DECEMBER! (I can of coruse order one with a 3 1/2 month wait).

Why is it that V8 powered sedans only seem to come in Black or Silver? I know I've seen a couple of the new GS430s in the new flint mica, but other than that, even those seem to be predominately black or silver.

Anybody?

KneeShoe00

black is the sickest color on a car...durrrrrrrrr, red is close....

- Nizhu

TheRupp

Black and Silver are universal colors that look good on almost any car. Not all colors look good on every car. A bright red BMW doesn't look good. Ever.

Personally, I'm a big fan of white cars. You don't see a lot of those. Plus, I don't want to own 3 silver cars in a row

BlkGS3

Black > All

GFerg

Once you black......

black is honestly the best looking color on a car, however not the most fun trying to keep clean.

RON430

Hey Doug, you know how it goes.The mfrs have taken to only producing a few colors at a time. So when you shop off the lot they have pretty limited selection. At least most dealers. When my wife got her GS it was about the same way. When I got mine, I went out of town to Penske Lexus in San Diego and the exra volume they move showed, they had about every combination there was. At the same time, dealers up here in good ol silicon valley still only had a limited selection. Maybe you should try dipping the net and letting somebody try to turn up the right color combinaton for you. Can't get around the nouveaux auto poor younguns who think black and silver are the only colors. Us older folk tend to like a bit more choice but maybe a lot of dealers are more comfortable moving black and silver to the easier to sell young uns than trying to stock for us harder to please older folk.

drink300

Here in the desert southwest, you see very few black cars. It's just too darn hard to keep them clean with all of the dust. White and silver rule this area.

drink300

GlobeCLK

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black looks the best when kept clean and shiny.

silver shows bodykits the best, and is the easiest to keep clean.

The best of 2 worlds would be graphite/gunmetal, where you get the shinyness of black, with the low-maintainance of silver.

rominl

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haha ai guess you just have to move to cali?

BLK13X

True that... My car's got a layer of dirt on it (I just washed it on Monday ) so I think I'll wash it again tonight hehehe.

The most common color in my area (besides whitegood company cars like Diamantes, Camrys and Falcons) is green... eeech....

mmarshall

Black paint in general DOES shine the most...( one of the reasons it is used so widely by limo firms) but it is a major PITA to keep clean. You have to wipe off fingerprints every time you touch it, and dust, winter salt , light surface scratches, deformed blobs from bird and insect droppings, sap, and waterspots are other problems....one of the reasons I give away bottles of SCRATCH-OUT to many car buyers. And it is hotter than h - - - in the summertime if you don't stay out of the sun.

Silver, yes, is close....but not quite the easiest color to keep clean. In general beige, light tans, and champaines are....they are the same color as road dust and don't show scratches much..

Silver has one big problem. It........and other light metallics...... are probably the hardest colors to match on a re-paint or accident damage......primarily because very small amounts of pigment have to be used, as opposed to darker colors where you have much more room for error. Body shops are MUCH better at matching it today than they were years ago, but it still takes paitience, care, and know-how.

chuckb

did you see the Candy Red 7 series in the movie TAXI with Jimmy Fallen and Queen Latifa?
That color looked pretty kick ***, maybe it was because the car was always sideways with 4 hot chicks in it

Gojirra99

Yeah, that 7 looks hot but they peeled it off to reveal that it's a blue car though
Candy red is quite different from the flat bright red you see on cars like Ferrari's though, I don't think any bimmers look good with that red color.

Gojirra99

Yeah, they are the most popular colors, there are many of them on the road. I actually find a regular silver car quite boring to look at for most models, but I guess people like it because they think it's easy to clean . . .

G Star

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Yup Black is the hot color for cars. My car is black and when I went to Fletcher Jones Mercedes Benz all of their E500's were sold out of black (actually only one left)