A Good Idea...Car Color Choice...

Fire engine red. I'm also skeptical of the car color accident statistics. It's like the number of deck chairs on an ocean liner determines if it will sink. Titanic had x number, and her sister ship had 20 more. Maybe the iceberg may have more to do with it. It may not be the color of a car, but the attitude of drivers drawn to a particular color that is the determining factor. Colors aren't driving the cars, people are. Also red cars are supposed to have bad accident rate, but orange cars are one of the safest?
 
When you buy a used car, you have to choose from what is available on the market. I would never buy black, silver or green. I ended up with a light blue convertible that has a blue top.
It replaced a white SUV. When I see a large black SUV, I wonder if it is owned by an undertaker.
 
My new Hyundai Tucson hybrid is a silverfish taupe. I love the color! The one before it was a black Ford Escape and the one before that was a midnight blue Cadillac sedan. Black was the WORST for showing dirt, and the blue not much better. The Tucson looks clean for days after I wash it!!
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I'm a red car kinda guy. Here's my current car...

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My MG is maroon & cream two tone, you see the thin red coach stripe down the side? It's a factory feature and it's done by hand. Some skill.

My car was known simply as a Y-Type, the W-Type, better known as the WA was MG's attempt to break into the luxury market. I saw this magnificent beauty at a festival known as: The Goodwood Revival.

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Just going back to the MG Y-Type, silver wasn't an option back then but as this restoration shows, it's a shame it wasn't.

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Pinky said:
At driving school, red was the colour most visible. That is what we're getting next time. I notice that when we're on the road, yellow/orange/red/blue are easy to see - especially in rain or sleet/snow. We have white at the moment. Yes, they show dirt the least. It has that going for it.
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The OP of this thread posted by @Jace
is very interesting, for sure.
I do wonder if they adjusted their figures to account for silver having become the most popular car, in recent years, and the most numerous, it seems to me, when I gaze around informally. (Just my observations and subjective guess!;))

And then, Pinky's post I quoted here, is interesting too.
Different sources might have different info?:unsure:
 
DaveA said:
When someone has trouble seeing cars because of their color I'd say it's time to turn in their license, Also crossing the street on foot may be risky, for them. o_O
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That maybe so in cities but in the country where smaller communities enjoy tree lined avenues, it's quite easy to miss a dark coloured car when the shadow obscures it. It could possibly be why in 2011 the UK introduced mandatory daytime lights on all new vehicles.
 
DaveA said:
When someone has trouble seeing cars because of their color I'd say it's time to turn in their license, Also crossing the street on foot may be risky, for them. o_O
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I agree. A car is large enough, that anyone who drives should be able to see it, regardless of color.
 
Bright red. It seems like 90% of the cars around here (northern California) are white, silver, or black, which the wife and I have always found boring, and red stands out in a long line of parked cars. I have been rear ended numerous times over the years, but the only car on car accident I've been in that was at least partly my fault was a minor scrape when I was 18 and driving my mother's car.
 
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Ronni said:
My new Hyundai Tucson hybrid is a silverfish taupe. I love the color! The one before it was a black Ford Escape and the one before that was a midnight blue Cadillac sedan. Black was the WORST for showing dirt, and the blue not much better. The Tucson looks clean for days after I wash it!!
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I've seen a couple of them in this color and not only love the color but how it enhances the styling. Great choice!
 
Jace said:
Car color is a matter of personal choice...but Silver could be the best choice for safety.

Drivers of Silver, White and other light colored cars have a lower risk of being injured in a car crash.

It is not sure why silver cars are less likely to be involved in injury-causing crashes, according to a study
published in the British Medical Journal and reported by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

It is possible that because silver is both bright and reflect light, it may be easier to see under different driving conditions.

Research in the past has shown that light or white cars tend to be safer than darker vehicles.
Silver cars seem to be the safest of all regardless of type and condition, vehicle age and speed.

Injury causing accidents are more common in green and brown cars.


What's your car color?

Mine IS Silver!
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Good to know about safe car color.
 
I drive a 2014 silver GMC Terrain, my granddaughter recently bought a new Chevy Equinox in Cherry Red, I have never liked red cars but this is really a classy looking car and I love it..https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/10/2022-chevy-equinox-gets-new-cherry-red-tintcoat-color-first-look/
I have had the 'new car fever' for a while now, been checking out new ones online....my car only has 40k miles on it and I hardly ever drive over 50 miles round trip, so it seems ridiculous, at my age to buy a new car but I keep looking. :unsure:
 

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