America Got Scammed Into Buying Gray Cars

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Let me guess, the car you just bought; was either black, white or grey, right? Well, guess what, even if you wanted a blue, yellow, or green car, you couldn't even get one. And that's because dealers and manufacturers don't want you to. America Got Scammed Into Buying Gray Cars and both new car sales and used car sales are skewed because of dealership and auto manufacturer BS.
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[@albonfilms]

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[@rerikm]

I was about to subscribe but you had to shove an ad in the middle of the video like it was part of the content. Be an honest person and put your ads either at the end of the video. There are others like me who pay to get rid of ads!

[@emillulic7387]

Bruh u ain't tell us it's a $3200 watch lmfao we ain't all rich homeboy!

[@emillulic7387]

​​@@rerikmHe probably gets paid a premium to put it in the middle I don't blame him nor do I mind where the ad is

[@Carsnation100]

​@@emillulic7387blud what do you expect its made from the chassis of the lotus which Ayrton Senna drove. You expect them to sell it for 10 bucks a pop?

[@dodgywheelsandropeywiring5697]

@@emillulic7387 If you thought a piece of Senna history was going to be cheap, I'm going to laugh very hard. Every ad isn't for every person, he could have been selling expensive tampons but I'm not going to wrap my nob in them lol. Don't take ads so seriously bud.

[@technopc2953]

In Europe, it’s quite common to order a car and wait for the manufacturing. There are more colors everywhere. Most gray, black and white cars are business cars

[@Simtatic]

While its more common, the majority is still white/silver/gray/black. The color offerings by most manufacturers are usually 50 shades of gray with one dark blue and red. I gotta give props to Peugeot, they have some really interesting colors one some models. But their cars suck in other ways sadly...

[@Stratos1988]

I concur. Here in Poland since last few years cars are either company car or leased with full intent of swaping it for another. Speaking very broadly, white is considered "business" color and on car forums there are plenty of jokes about this. Grey and black would be considered "timeless" and in case of silver it has the benefit of hiding dirt and grime to some extent as road crap usually dries to grey'ish hue.

[@impulsx7835]

I am from Europe, where are this colors?)))) I see like 85% of cars in Gray, black or white

[@lukewilson5941]

Same in New Zealand

[@Max_-zt5bm]

Same thing in France. Worse still, the color charts for models sold in this country are even more colorful in Germany, for example. So, colored cars are imports... A sad record.

[@Corndogger61]

Cars are just so just so dull today, we need more colors Edit: Thanks everyone

[@MaverickPhantom]

Well it's like in the case with the bright green Huracan going over 150 some center State of the country... easily spotted from the chopper... The driver learned his lesson and wrapped it in some grey... becoming significantly more successful at not going to jail.

[@annoymouse890]

Try going to a bmw dealership and ordering yourself a car you’ve got like 300 colour options

[@Corndogger61]

@@MaverickPhantom that's true if you are doing something illegal then you would want a dull color so you don't stand out as much

[@MaverickPhantom]

@@annoymouse890 that's a bit exaggerated, but yes, there are plenty of color options for the ones that are willing to spend money.

[@MaverickPhantom]

@@Corndogger61 indeed.

[@biggiebagel]

I bought a new GTI and the dealer didn't want to find me one in metallic red... I told them I would take my money elsewhere and when they didn't want to find me one, I went to a dealer 1200 miles away and had my car shipped... I now have a GTI in metallic Red.

[@JamVar]

I've caught myself sitting on a bench on the side of the road counting all the grey, white, black, and silver cars that pass - easily reaching into the 30s within a couple minutes - as well as looking around stopped at a light with 12 other cars to realize I am literally the only one with an actual color. It's depressing.

[@GrandSenna]

clever way to pass time, maybe I should try doing this next time I'm stuck in traffic. anyhow, yeah it's pretty depressing the number of monochrome cars on the road that even I sometimes forget that there's so many of them on the streets

[@narki86]

A lot of people don't want cars in these dreary colors but buy them anyways because any color detracting from the current norm is considered risky for resale value. Same reason why so many drive around in SUVs/crossovers when they'd prefer something else, its what keeps their investment the safest.

[@JamVar]

@@narki86 I mean, as far as investments go, buying a new car is one of the worst ones you can make, considering the almost guaranteed 15-30% loss you'll experience in the first year. I don't doubt that's part of the reason, but it's hardly a sound investment strategy to begin with, so it's kind of funny to imagine anyone caring about the marginal gains they may hedge against their massive losses by going for a more 'resale friendly' color option. But people are people and it seems they'll do a lot to justify a purchase of something they really want. But anyone doing that is...well, I would say 'putting lipstick on a pig', but in fact, they're actually removing lipstick from the pig because no one wants to buy a pig with lipstick XD

[@renegadetenor]

I usually count every car at a given intersection, once a day. Often, I count 10 non-colored cars, before I see an actual color worth looking at. As long as you chose a color, I don't mind which one, I'll praise anybody these days just for choosing a color! That said (and yes its opinion), I think its pretty clear that blue is the best color.

[@caseys_cozy_garage]

I didnt want a yellow car... then a perfect C4 corvette yellow came up to buy... and wow i am so thankful i have a super bright yellow

[@alexsmtbfriends4954]

I also didn't want a yellow car... then a cool Tribu yellow Cupra went on sale, saw it, drove it, bought it 2 days later. Damn I love that color now and will only buy colored cars from now on

[@caseys_cozy_garage]

@@alexsmtbfriends4954 yellow is best color

[@pamjgmail9379]

I have a yellow Miata and an orange Fiesta LOL

[@PeninsulaCity2024]

Hertz rentals be like: "Oh, so you used one of our cars?" Lol no. Stop taking credit for any yellow Corvette that pops up in the world.

[@caseys_cozy_garage]

@@PeninsulaCity2024 yep lols

[@ofthenearfuture]

Now all manufacturers are removing metallic from their paints and making putty cars

[@MaverickPhantom]

Thank Audi for that.... ahem Nardo grey

[@yeahitskimmel]

Dang always wondered what Nardo Grey reminded me of and it's putty lol

[@MaverickPhantom]

@@yeahitskimmel 🤣

[@enmass90]

Pastel greys look sick though when done properly.

[@MaverickPhantom]

@@enmass90 it would have to be a smaller body car with black accents to make the grey pop... but then if there are too many on the road... then doesn't look so special

[@Tyneras]

Covered this in one of my engineering classes almost 15 years ago (oh god, I'm getting old). Almost everyone has a color they would love to have on their car, and a LOT of colors they would HATE to have and will not buy that car. But almost everyone will accept a black, white or grey/silver car of the same make and model if their favorite color is not in stock. As a result, its safer to stock only black, white and grey/silver cars rather than risk colors that will not sell. Everyone tells themselves they will repaint it, see the price tag on that paint job, then decide that black, white or grey/silver is good enough.

[@2B34ever]

(You're getting old) lol, mate, wait until you walk down any city street that has those mirrored windows, and one day in the not to distant future, you'll get the sense that someone is looking at ya weird, so you turn and as you do so, your first thought will be, "what's this old fella want?" In that instant of horror, you'll realise that the "old bloke" is your reflection looking back at you. lol. I kid you not! I wish ya many happy years.

[@StrawIsEpic]

It really is interesting to see. Pretty close to every modern car has one of those 3 basic colors, but when I see the classic cars going around my town, they are anything but these boring colors. I imagine if my old C10 was some boring white, black, or gray, I wouldn't get as many compliments on it compared to the green/blue two-tone it has on it. I'm honestly not sure if it's green or blue because I get a lot of different comments about it. You don't get that with many colors nowadays

[@Xander1Sheridan]

@@StrawIsEpic because those bright colored cars are what enthusiasts want. The boring color cars just were allowed to rot.

[@StrawIsEpic]

@Xander1Sheridan did you just explain what I already said?

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

Ty I understand your point but I just HATE gray and black. So I will buy any other color even if it means a older car rather than a gray refrigerator that has wheels and tons of worthless tech that fails quickly. Now I truly understand why 80% of cars are a depressing shade of gray, so darn sad.

[@Bill-lr4kp]

I never realized that before, but right after I watched this video, I started to observe the cars driving by my house for a minute, and more than half of them were grey😂

[@DroneStrike1776]

The color of shade.

[@Pickleduck.]

Really? What the fuck have you been for the past 20 years buddy?

[@Xander1Sheridan]

it's true. It's hard to find good colors. Some carmakers don't offer any bright colors on any cars. It's sad.

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

​@@DroneStrike1776 Gray --- the color of more manufacturers profit.

[@izzatsufian2796]

Car colours on today makes the car more look like sad asf

[@MaverickPhantom]

Yep.. that is true. But that's mostly because for most people cars are just tools. The sad part is people that buy cars for entertainment and get them in some boring colors. Though for me, I wanted a Camaro and got it in Satin Steel, and could have possibly picked a different color if it would have been in a Satin looking finish. The Satin Steel looks so great in the cloudy days. Makes the design of the car look great.

[@Kev27RS]

@@MaverickPhantomSo, you’re basically part of the problem… 😅

[@MaverickPhantom]

@@Kev27RS lol I guess so... or at least was. Though to my defense, there wasn't another Satin finish color. Same year, my brother in law wanted to wrap his silver Benz, and I steered him into a nice satin purple, instead of the usual grey black... then I only got blue color cars...

[@Kev27RS]

@@MaverickPhantom Got it! 👍

[@KR4K40]

Peugeot made the default color for their newest hatchback a shade of yellow I really like Shame it's on a Peugeot

[@ben6993]

Nowt wrong with Peugeot, a lot of French cars have an unfair reputation that they’re unreliable, but they’re great fun to drive and it’s actually the German cars that are the most unreliable these days

[@vracaze]

@@ben6993 🧢🧢🧢

[@adamme8369]

@@ben6993 It was I'm afraid before Stelantis took over. They good, relatively reliable cars but no engines! EV not an option at the moment. I have been interested in one particular model but I think will look somewhere else.

[@hlavco]

Another thing I was thinking about is that traditionally, the more fun and interesting vehicles were purchased by young people. But most young people can't afford new cars anymore.

[@bogusboys3814]

I got my first car about a year ago, and it's gold. 2008 Scion xB in the Gold Rush color. everyone waves to me, I've had kids ask me to do burnouts not knowing it's basically a corolla, and most of all, it stands out. My friends know exactly who is behind that wheel, and it's so sad to see cars lose that bright, fun, standoutish characteristic.

[@jacobasuncion3132]

Let’s not forget about all the sick colors on the new TRD Tacoma’s, Tundra’s, Sequoia’s, and 4Runner’s

[@MaverickPhantom]

Oh yeah, finally some colors that look more entertaining

[@RayRayP2001]

Till you get to that lot, and all they have is gray, black, white, and silver unless you buy the most expensive one on the showroom floor that is overpriced and it might be a pastel gray too.

[@jeffs6090]

You hit the nail on the head, it's the feedback loop of the manufacturers and dealerships. They think those are the best colors because they sell the best, then therfore only get those colors, which inevitably makes everyone only able to buy those colors, which then artificially proves their point of them being better sellers. Take the ultra high end brands Bentley and Aston Martin. Their cars have over a hundred different beautiful colors to choose from (inside and out), and what are at all the dealerships? Black on black, white on black, and gray on black. Boring! I've custom ordered my last two cars because dealership lots never have the options I want and definitely never have the color combo I want.

[@stormforge68]

Custom order is the only way to get your car spec the way you want it. Unfortunately it takes longer to get one post Covid.

[@NoLimitSquad]

Funny story: My current car is white. My last car was red. I bought my white car bc I didn't want any eye-catching attention for police (I like to drive fast). So I deliberately opted for the white even though I wanted red again. I never got a single ticket in the old red car. Got one for speeding in the white car last year🤣🤣 It's my fault for sure, but I figured I'd share for a laugh!

[@RayRayP2001]

Dude me 2 had a 02' victory red Avalanche then, I bought a 21' pearl white Nissan Versa SR thinking the same and got ticketed. So I traded that car in for an atlas blue metallic 23' F150 after lol. Got more tickets in white, gray, and Black cars. It is funny they tell you red cars are cop stoppers lol.

[@chuck_machine]

Agree. Have had several red cars, never ticketed in them.

[@cingkole7893]

11:20 There's no middle class! only workers and owners!

[@thekingofsas9407]

Not anymore, really. It's an antiquated term that people use instead of more appropriately saying, "the average American."

[@jerkkujee1346]

I LOVE BRIGHT YELLOW CARS

[@Khaladkar2tv]

My car is grey - I want to wrap it. My family is like "why? Its so nice" and I keep telling them that I dont want to drive something thats the same color as: 1) almost every single other car on the road and 2) my fridge

[@spikespiegel2246]

waste of money

[@Khaladkar2tv]

@@spikespiegel2246a waste of money for what?

[@lashlarue59]

Isn't wrapping a car $5000-$6000? What a waste of money.

[@Khaladkar2tv]

@@lashlarue59For a good, professional wrap, yes its 5-6K. I respectfully disagree that its a waste of money though :)

[@ScottALaFollette]

Adding to your reasons here’s number 3) New asphalt is black of course, as it ages it turns grey. Concrete is another shade of gray. Black and especially gray cars blend into the pavement. 4) It’s boring.

[@KI-201]

I tried replacing my 14 year old Tacoma that got totaled this winter. All the Toyota dealerships that I contacted said that if I wanted anything other than what was being allocated to dealers by the manufacturer (read: if I place an order for what I want,) I will be waiting months and months, as they're building them in batches, and all the popular non-colors are coming first. I could get anything I wanted in black/grey/silver, but nothing in blue/orange/red. I ended up buying something else entirely, used, in red. I'll look at new vehicles again when they offer actual colors on more than just the website.

[@iea96]

Oh no I’m literally “the person with the yellow hatchback” in my office 😬

[@acerimmer8338]

Be proud of that fact!

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

Wake up everyday to a bright sunny day, you do get noticed everywhere.

[@TinyBearTim]

I want a factory purple car

[@AbandonedRaven]

Didn’t one of the recent BMW M2s do that? I’ve seen a few by me, they sure know how to make a nice looking dark color.

[@strawberrymilk9767]

You could do that in the 60's. You could buy a Dodge Challenger in the 60's with the color "Plum Crazy," a factory purple color

[@MaverickPhantom]

​@AbandonedRaven yep beautiful color... but too bad it wasn't OK previous M2.

[@MaverickPhantom]

​@strawberrymilk9767 that was nice.. and you could even get Panther Pink... also until Jeep got the Bikini Blue (I think it's a blue, more of a teal), good luck with finding Teal on an affordable car. If the Challenger had the Bikini Blue, I would have gotten one. I enjoy seeing that Frost blue and the F8 green on Challengers and Chargers....

[@strawberrymilk9767]

@@MaverickPhantom yeah I’ve always been a Chevy guy but damn does Dodge offer their cars in some cool colors.

[@Sideways_Singh]

It aint only cars, its clothing, houses exterior and interior, and other products like phones. We need color damnit, I'm all about that color.

[@lorefraz9416]

in italy there's a "game" called macchina gialla (the yellow car) that is basically when you see a yellow car you shout it and you punch the arm of someone next to you, and this to emphasize how rare it is a yellow car

[@edugj23]

In Brazil, this is with the blue Beetle

[@andremarini7113]

Pois é!!! Só que agora ficou difícil encontrar Fuscas de qualquer cor!!

[@greganderson4547]

Not sure if about the rest of North America but I grew up on the Canadian prairies in the 70's and we had version of that called "Punch Buggy" where you would get to punch your sibling or cousin in the arm if you were the first to spot a VW Beetle in whatever colour it was.

[@ScottALaFollette]

@@greganderson4547 As kids in Kentucky we played punch buggy but only while riding in our father’s VW.

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

We called it Slug Bug, punching your friend, brother upon spotting a beatle. Slug bug orange if the beatle was orange.

[@DroneStrike1776]

I blame it all on Apple. They made shade into something that represent luxury. I've had a light blue e39 and 78 450SLC, maroon 90 Honda Accord, dark blue Buick, red 88 RX-7, red 00 Civic Si, yellow 89 240sx, arctic metallic E90 looks grey and in bright sun looks green, purple 85 MKII Supra, and now drive a BP Mazda3 awd hatch in boring White because Mazda only made one exciting color, Soul Red and you couldn't find one during C-19. People are so scared of color. I just turned 43 yesterday and was thinking if I should get the car wrapped a nice bright color or emerald green like the good old days. So sick of the dullness in society.

[@redemptionjack4657]

That is slowly starting to stop being popular were I am I am starting to see colured cars again.

[@redemptionjack4657]

You can still get emerald green for cars.

[@ScottALaFollette]

Planning to buy an MX-5. Soul Red Crystal is the only fun stand-out color offered. The blue is too dark almost black and white is just ok. The rest of the colors offered on the Miata are boring beiges and shades of grey. For safety’s sake, in a sea of SUVs a small car like the MX-5 should stand out, not blend into the pavement.

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

​@@ScottALaFollette Oddly enough when the CX-5 was first marketing, all ads featured the Soul Red, beautiful color to me. Yet most cx-5 I saw were either gray, black or occasionally the really dark gray blue never that Soul Red. I love it in white too.

[@ScottALaFollette]

@@ReadyFreddie5523 It’s a fact that Soul Red Crystal costs extra, probably because the pigment costs the manufacturer extra. It’s a shame to have to pay extra for a certain color on any new car. I suspect many new buyers, because of the extra cost, compromise and settle for another shade of gray or beige.

[@FSX239]

Yet another reason many people are choosing to wrap their cars. The manufacturers won't provide a color pallet without you bending over.

[@Ramsi-Berlin]

I would Love to see more coloured cars ❣️👌🏼 I'm born '74 and grow up with cars they was yellow, red and green 😅 The shape was individuell too. Now the streets looks boring. All cars looking the same and the colours are gone 😢 Love from Berlin 🇩🇪 Ramsi 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@puppydogz432]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this. I've been complaining about this for a couple of years now.

[@tylerensminger]

I've had a red car, I now have a blue car. I don't mind gray or silver cars though. Some colors could be too bright and not look right whereas gray and silver might be dull, they are neutral colors that most people can tolerate

[@thebloo12]

I'm the opposite, I don't really mind black or white but i absolutely hate gray/silver cars with some exceptions

[@ScottALaFollette]

Gray and silver colors blend into the pavement. Other motorists don’t see silvers or grays easily and it gets worse in the fog or rain.

[@ScottALaFollette]

@@thebloo12 Agreed.

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

​@@ScottALaFolletteAnd these drivers in their gray cars in dense fog or twilight absolutely REFUSE to turn on their lights.

[@ScottALaFollette]

@@ReadyFreddie5523 That’s a problem, drivers not turning on their lights when they should. Those drivers could get a ticket for the offense. Daytime running lights were made mandatory because of them. DRL’s should turn on all the lights not just the headlights.

[@zackchan3097]

Im the guy who show up to work in a red mazda hatchback with shiny wheels. Option red cost extra when buy new, so i went for a second hand option with 8000 miles. Cheaper in every way compared to buying new. But took me 3 months to find that red.

[@rapid13]

My son and I just spent a month car shopping for him. Toyota lost a sale because of this no-color, no-orders approach. They couldn’t find a red one with his preferred options. We (he) ended up with a red pepper metallic tintcoat Bronco Sport.

[@NightRaven1080p]

DUDE! I COULD HAVE SWORE I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO'S NOTICED THIS! I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS THAT EVERY CAR ON THE ROAD IS EITHER BLACK WHITE SILVER!

[@danielvisintainer3352]

I think a lot of the US market uses grayscale for average cars, and saves the color options for their more fun or interesting cars. Look at Ford for example: an escape’s color options outside of grayscale are only red and a muted blue; but you can get Broncos in green, yellow, multiple shades of red, multiple shades of blue and orange.

[@RayRayP2001]

Same for F150s as well they have almost 20 choices some different shades of the same color however yellow is left out of that one.

[@hlavco]

Sadly, I see no shortage of fun or interesting cars in dull, boring colors.

[@renegadetenor]

Yep, and even though I loathe Suburu, I'll credit them all day long for their blue, orange, and yellow, and thank the folks who drive them!

[@j.clark2381]

As a Porsche owner, I've heard stories of some dealers advising customers to order their new car in neutral colors so they're easier to trade/resell. In my opinion, there is something fundamentally wrong in someone's life when they seek advice on what car color should they purchase.

[@FunkyJeff22]

purchasing a car is a huge decision. there is nothing "fundamentally wrong" with someone if they seek advice before purchasing. that includes asking what car color they should purchase.

[@j.clark2381]

@@FunkyJeff22 Duly noted. Please follow the gray line to window #0, where your Car Guy credentials will be revoked. 😁

[@dieddog]

@@FunkyJeff22​​⁠i bet you ask your girl’s ex on what positions she likes the best

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

Seeking advice is OK, following any advice like a trained dog, maybe not the best advice.

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

By the way, neighbor works in a Porsche dealership, regularly drives the less wanted cars in purple, ungodly green, and a strange orange. Purple sold in Indiana. Also drives a diesel Porsche, two words that never appear together.

[@Space.Folding]

I think about this everyday when I stop at an intersection, it's a sea of monochrome pods. I waited years for a GR Corolla and guess what Toyota sends to my dealer? An allocation for a white one instead of the hot blue one.

[@redemptionjack4657]

Order blue, then get the car you want.

[@Space.Folding]

@@redemptionjack4657 The video literally explains that's not how it works

[@renegadetenor]

Super-yuk!

[@richardgg2889]

More people consider car just as a commuter. Nevertheless, I think if you gave them more options full of vibrant colors, they would maybe choose a Color more often. But only if its the same price, since spending fortune on cars isnt in fashion today (for most people). Just my HO.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

A car is only considered "just a commuter" because all the soul has been forcefully removed from them. If cars were more colorful and bright, I think a lot of people would see them more as methods of self expression

[@theotakuracer2361]

Thats why i change the color of my cars ​@mrsoisauce9017

[@ScottALaFollette]

🎯 Agreed.💯

[@ScottALaFollette]

@@mrsoisauce9017 You’re correct.

[@champspec]

Its because the media and govt. organizations have been vilifying cars for years. Add that to the climate change paranoia, the weaponizing of the police force to increase revenue from tax paying working Americans… you get a result of many people simply wanting to fly under the radar.

[@happygarage6310]

I may be part of a small percentage because I've owned 2 blue minivans, a red 4Runner, a green Subaru, and green pickup trucks. I've only had 2 cars in white or black. What I truly miss is interior color options. The royale blue, red wine, purple. The interior color options have completely disappeared, just beige, gray, and black.

[@jesseseymour4011]

Except some Japanese cars, theyre still doing red, blue, white, etc.

[@talis84]

I've owned a teal '94 GrandAM, a dark blue '03 Proege5 and '03 330Ci, a red '04 Mazda6 Sportwagon, and a metallic brown '15 Canyon. Thankfully I've never owned a gray, white, or black car.

[@MrFatbard]

every car on the road also looks exactly the same, sad that nobody ever wants purple cars cuz they look sick

[@redemptionjack4657]

All cars looked the same at one point or an other 1930, 40, unoqe 50's then back to same look.

[@a64738]

Purple is nice but I like violet color 🌹

[@gcKukie]

I blame traffic enforcement, i got pulled over constantly in a red car, i now drive a boring grey.

[@HyperVanilo]

That's bs, the cops there definitely hate the color red

[@redemptionjack4657]

Highly dubt cops pull red cars over more there have been studies in that could be a specific highway.

[@zackerygti777]

As someone who drives his red car spiritedly, cops couldn't care less

[@firefly44220]

That’s been proven as a myth

[@gcKukie]

@@firefly44220 a myth in every single part of the world? maybe it was busted in a single area, but in the early 2000's the police here did a massive crackdown on streetracing and started impounding cars like crazy, i went from constant tickets and losing my license, to not getting a ticket in 10 years.

[@xhosagibran370]

I was just thinking this the other day. I was wondering why the cars are all the same color. It’s all the same variation of black, gray, white.

[@aussieausdeutschland4245]

I noticed here in Australia during the mid 70's and through the 80s brown and white where the two most "popular" colours, 90s colour started to come back with white, red, blue, green and silver, but the 2000's a colidascope of vibrant colours exploded in the Stealership's reminiscent of the 70's especially from Ford with its Falcon and to a lesser extent GM's Holden Commodore. God I miss home grown Aussie Muscle cars in the showroom😞

[@djskizzle]

orange hsv 😍

[@DEVILTAZ35]

Hi mate, I live in Australia and it is much the same here. I bought a silver Lexus myself years ago and to be honest it almost always looks clean. I think that is why people go for those sorts of colors as they rarely look like they are in need of a wash. Also if you get a car with a red leather interior it looks awesome and matches the silver exterior so well anyway. Lexus call the color of my car ‘Titanium’ but I think in the USA they call it ‘Sonic Silver’ but it is silver and can almost look slightly green under certain light. Just my take on it but white is cheaper and was often sold as discounted fleet cars making them very popular . Black was difficult to keep clean and shiny Colors often faded in the got Aussie sun, especially red. Plus if you speak to many panel beaters they will tell you that certain Colors are a pain the arse to match properly after a crash if they require a respray. For the record metallic Blue and metallic red cars have started make a comeback over here though. It could be different in the USA but that was the main driving factor here no pun intended. As a side note we actually spell colour with a u I just left it as the American spelling for context.

[@Tom_Hadler]

I've been saying this for years A) it is slightly depressing, and boring B) it makes cars more dangerous since they're harder to see against tarmac background It's because people think they look richer in grey or black, or dont want to stand out. They also worry unduly about resell value. Also, the cost of some of the better paint options is insane.

[@matthewpeterson3329]

It's not just lack of color... all cars today are basically the same shape. If you remove the badging and line them up, it gets hard to tell what's what. I know it's all about aero, but they have no character these days.

[@hlsailorhlsailor9838]

I drive white vehicles because of my hunting dogs. Also. I once had a black Volvo and my father had a black Chevy. Both of these cars were gotten rid of because of how quickly they got hot. Having owned both black and white vehicles, I find the difference between how fast the cars heat up not just parked, but while driving striking.

[@EdgeXXI]

I work at an independent car dealership and every car we get from auction is, yup, gray, silver, black, or especially white. My enthusiasm goes sky high when we get an orange one, which I lovingly call "orangeade"

[@malcolmar]

Well said. I am so glad I have bucked the trend. My first new car was metallic purple or "plum" and both of my current cars are metallic blue and one is 2 tone with a white top. If I am going to be paying for a car with my hard earned money, I want it to have some color.

[@hlavco]

Seriously, new cars are too expensive to not get the one you want.

[@malcolmar]

@@hlavco Agreed.

[@J.R.F.23]

I like SILVER vehicles. The industrial look is awesome on many vehicles. I’m in my 50’s; to me bright colors are flashy. While more of an industrial color is classy. Just my opinion.

[@Stratos1988]

I remember seeing some similar vid on korean vehicles (place, not manufacturer) were streets really looked as if video was shot colorless.

[@craiglewis7081]

Totally. Blandmobiles galore. It’s all a reflection of the individual as well. I remember those days of color.

[@alfredotovar8984]

RIP Robin Williams 🕊️ if you saw that commercial you know 🫡

[@alanbuck9237]

Your comment about yellow, having the lowest depreciation doesn’t really mean much of anything if you stop and think about it. Just exactly what kind of cars come in yellow? It would be generally sports cars, and those tend to hold their value better. So this is how somebody can easily lie with statistics. It’s technically true that yellow cars hold their value better but if you buy a mainstream car in yellow, you will probably find out nobody wants it when you want to trade it in. I also don’t think the current color palette is really a plot for the car makers to save money. Have you been to a furniture store like Crate&Barrel lately. There’s no color in the store. Everything is monochromatic. It’s not to save money. It’s just what the current style is. Even the exterior colors on homes are grays and whites and blacks. Home Depot charges you the same price for any color of paint that you want, so it’s not because it’s cheaper . Eventually things will turn and color will make a comeback.

[@janofb]

Grey cars don't show dirt as much.

[@alexsmtbfriends4954]

neither do metallic yellow ones lol

[@theotakuracer2361]

​@bk2721 that's what happend to me

[@ReadyFreddie5523]

No white, just a darker shade of white. You really don't notice the dirt. Black is the worst, ten minutes after washing it, you can see the dust.

[@abstract1dea]

I had a woman at work that parked her red 240SX in the parking garage for a long time (I wanted to buy it.) I found whose car it was and she said it was her baby. She refused to let her insurance company total it and took it home to fix on her own dime because she loved it. It was more than a vehicle to her. One day, I asked her what she was driving and she bought a Altima and described it as "just a car' There are way too many "Just a cars" being presented for purchase these days. And they are overdesigned, way overpriced and not reliable anymore.

[@davep5698]

I have noticed this for over a decade, its is severely depressing, not just the cars but everything is going like this. Cities now are grey cars in a sea of glass, steel and concrete. The entire world has been in a style depression for the past 30-40 years. It really effects my ongoing mentality and view of the world, there is no hope left.

[@slipperman61]

I just bought a gray Silverado I'm using for kayaking / camping. I like the way it blends in if I decide to do some stealth camping. Being colorblind, I put a lower priority on color choice, as you'd imagine. Also, I did spend time in Japan.

[@jag-justaguy]

I've been saying this for years. I just figured that all auto manufacturers got together and decided that it's cheaper to stock 5 colors of paint than 10-12 and then rephrased the Henry Ford quote to "You can have a car in any color you want as long as it's a shade, and maybe blue or red."

[@Jody-kt9ev]

An additional shout out to the people who develop automotive paint. Back in the 1970s, I bought a Mustang II with a light blue paint. The paint was shot after 7 years. Now you see cars that have great factory paint jobs that are so old that the undersides have rusted completely out.

[@thewaywardgrape3838]

I own a rebel blue Volvo V70. Easy to find it in a sea of metallica grey BMWs lol. So you guys order a car in a specific trim/colour/options and get what the dealer recieves?? Do you get the price adjusted if it's not what you've paid for?

[@retrophil8241]

🙋🏻‍♂️My car is orange and my wife has a purple car 🙂. I noticed the black, white, grey, silver thing a few years ago and now I'd never buy a colourless car.

[@foreigncontaminant2015]

Speaking from Europe: you can easily set up your car on the website, save the setup and give it to the dealer, then wait a few months for manufacturing. That's what I did. I chose dark gray because such a nuance deviates less as the car ages. I had some parts repainted over the years and it looks seamless.

[@paulwindisch1423]

These are the colors most people want. I don’t know why, but it is. I worked at GM dealers as a tech for many years. We did keep an inventory of other colors; gold, blue, green, orange, red. The green, blue, and orange vehicles would sit on the lot, sometimes as long as six months. Black, white, and silver were like a revolving door. So, that is what we stocked most of. That trend started around the year 2000. The popular color in the 1990s was Metallic Polo green, at least on the Cadillacs. Teal for the other divisions. Mfgs build what people are buying. At the moment, that is black, white or silver crossovers and suvs. At some point, that trend will change.

[@ashwilliams8903]

I love showing up to the office in my Neptune Blue GR86. After owning way to many white or black cars the wild blue was just what I needed!

[@Tangent360]

The simple reason is because black/white/gray is "good enough" for almost everyone who wants to drive something off the lot that day. Real colors each have people who love them but also have people who hate them. It's a no-brainer for dealerships to order everything in a shade that just about everyone will accept for their inventory. This also explains why high-end cars come in colors more often; they're far more likely to be custom ordered instead of being picked off the showroom floor

[@mrroams5812]

No one hates gray cars?? Gray is the WORST color to make a car. The number of people who agree with me is only going to grow the more boring crap they push on us.

[@EvilMonkey7818]

The same can be said for the interior of people's homes. Gray floors, white walls, gray or cream colored couches, white or gray drapes. Every refrigerator is the same stainless steel, with most everyone having the same countertops and the same chosen range of colors in all appliances.

[@davidreed3165]

Being a boomer I despise these hideous colors. I drive a 20 year old bright yellow Ram and a purple 10 year old challenger. Painting cars white black and silver is cheap, that’s the bottom line. They say that’s what the market wants but that’s the big lie that all industry uses to force this crud on us.

[@Eiprahs1995]

I absolutely LOVE my Release Series 1.0 FRS. Yellow is such a fun color, and really stands out in our modern sea of depression gray. And it didn't cost me over a quarter of a million dollars like a Paint to Sample GT3.

[@crwhite5881]

This video is right on point! I am so sick and tired of seeing black, gray, and white cars. Either People just simply don’t have any imagination, or the Automakers shoved it down our throats (more money for them) just like they did SUVs.

[@terr281]

My vehicle colors through the years: White, Beige, Silver, Silver, Red, Blue, Grey. Years of said vehicles: 90, 02, 05, 07, 99, 22, 24; Conditions: Used, Cert Preowned, New, New, Used, Cert Preowned, Cert Preowned. Every one of these vehicles has been a case of getting what's available, and decently priced, within a 200 mile area from my home on various lots. (Yes, 200 miles.) We were very lucky to find the Blue one, then someone totaled it in a head-only collision. The video covers it best: We end up with what's available.

[@glitchingwiththethugz8400]

It's exceptionally simple how this works. I watch an incredible Albon video, I like, and share it with my friends. I love the way you make your videos, and love the topics of the content that comes out of this channel. Thank you, Albon!

[@EvilMonkey7818]

There are entire neighborhoods where all homes are brand new and large, all white exterior with the same black roofs. The conformity is astounding and it's not like the builders using the exact same materials to save costs gets passed on to buyers.

[@willlyons9823]

I'd also add, it's because of the rise of BMW and Mercedes becoming aspirational products in the late 80's and all through the 90's. They advertised their cars mainly in silver and gray, and were originally bought by businesses wanting sober colors. Other manufacturers followed their lead, trying to make their cars more "premium". That legacy lives on!

[@tea5092]

My car's color is white silver so I couldn't pass the chance to get one. It is bluish gray at night, white and gray during the day. My dad who bought me the car and after seeing it for 4 years asked me "Did you paint the car?" thinking it was painted to a different color, it was overcast in the afternoon, it is that unique and really rare

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Very gr8 show. I've heard years ago about how colors were gonna be a big deal but I never saw it happen. I used to like my shiny Grey car until now... keep up the gr8 shows 👏

[@edwardsmith8127]

Yes I'm the person who walked into the new car dealer wanted the yellow car option & when they said they couldn't supply it walked out travelled 800km to another dealer & got the yellow car.I hate grey,white & black even in house styles like curtains,carpets,tiles,benchtops & wall colors.Just won't buy it if it has no color.

[@betrix3000]

I felt this. I recently bought a 2024 Toyota RAV4 and had to travel three hours over to the next city to just to get the blue color since it wasn't in stock at my local dealership. We seriously need more color.

[@deet4895]

I've been saying that going out driving it seems like I'm driving around in a black and white movie, I for one refuse to drive a car in a boring depressing color.

[@danielm6049]

As someone who works in the paint department of a mid level automotive parts maker, I can attest to the shades of gray. That said, we are seeing an increase of bright/funky colors, for one brand in particular. Also I have an 06 WRX in WR blue and a 14 F-150 in blue flame.

[@tro2094]

I own a Tornado Red mk7 GTI and I’m super happy I went with this color. All of my past cars were White/ Silver or Black. I almost settled for a white Mk7 but as soon as this one popped up near me I bought it right away! No regrets at all

[@ThePilotGear]

interesting. I feel like there's a strange lack of flexibility to 'vehicle ordering'; this should be split into two categories. 1. Dealerships order what they feel sells well (models, trims, powertrains) in addition to basic stocking requirements from the manufacturer. 2. Cutomers should be able to order whatever configuration their heart desires. Yes, any option, any available colour could be specc'ed and ordered in advance with no impact to the supply chain. Their VIN is hardwired into the manufacturing chain and assembly/paint becomes specific to that spec. It's already configured that way; what more effort would there be to configure a specification from the customer, even if it's for a Corolla? anyway, I've always had colourful cars....well...except for my silver Mazda3 I'm currently driving. But I feel like green (like my NB2's Emerald Metallic Green) is an absolutely stunning colour and appropriate for nearly every car. It's weird that green isn't more popular since I find its appeal is pretty broad.

[@michaelclark3192]

This is so true, the 10 mostly Japanese second hand cars I've owned sine 2004, 6 of them were silver and white, the 3 were light a green mazda from 86, a dark blue Mitsubishi from 99 and a bright blue Ford from 2015. Ive always wanted a yellow car, probably because our first family car was a yellow Datsun my dad bought brand new in 79. At least when looking for motorcycles they're usually brightly coloured.

[@lashlarue59]

Not only that but they actually charge more money if you want colors others than gray.

[@stevie2673]

I think it's also important to mention the effect that wrapping has on color choice. I think a lot of people who would want a colourful car would rather buy a common shade of black white or grey and then just wrap the car in whatever colour they want. That way it's easier to just remove the wrap and sell the car. Also you can change the color of the car if it ever goes out of style or you just get tired of it.

[@bicyclist2]

I noticed this for the last few years and no one seemed to be talking about it until now. I would love to drive a yellow or orange car. I once had a red Cadillac. I hope that this trend changes. Thank you.

[@BanyanBirb]

my first car was a z31, black, but with a little gold pinstripe running the length of each side, I thought it was the pinnacle of class

[@ColtAlabama]

Hey man I got 2 yellow vehicles and 1 red one. The dullest car I own is gold and it used to be a lot brighter when it was new.

[@RPGSPiTFirE]

AWESOME Video! I've been complaining about "appliance colored cars" for some time now, so I'm glad someone's finally drawing attention to it! I swore to myself that my silver Civic would be the last car I ever bought in a shade of grey. The only other car I've purchased since then? A Blaze Orange Metallic Honda Fit.

[@thepessolanoinquirer6856]

I drive a Lincoln limo with chrome and white walls. I think these crossovers, ev, blacked out rims Aerospace looking cars are nuts! You used to be able to order from a catalog colors, leather colors, wood trim or additional trim options. Coach lamps and white walls were optional and chrome rims were the rim of choice nobody had blackout rims in those days.

[@aerialcat1]

Here in southern Arizona there is a very good reason for a preference towards light colored vehicles, the Sonoran Desert can easily get to 115 F in the summer.

[@EliotHochberg]

My little Fiat 500 electric is a bright sky blue, and as soon as I saw that color I knew that’s the one I wanted. It also came in orange, which I considered, but it didn’t hit me the same way. I bought it used, and when I went a lot, They have five in blue. I couldn’t have been happier to be able to choose the one I wanted

[@BCNeil]

I love how all carmakers. Have a "build and price" feature on their websites. SO you can custom build your car. Yet they don't actual allow you to get the car you built.

[@ducknorris233]

About 40 years ago they stopped making silver/gray cars because the paint of that color would degrade quickly. It may have been adding clear coat that changed it and made silver cars possible again because they came back years later.

[@graywolf2694]

My Ridgeline is called "sonic gray" it's more of a pastel blue, I like it, they only had 3 colors and 3 trucks to choose from, black,white or sonic gray, if they had a real blue I would of picked that.

[@xq39]

my favorite color is green for cars, glad i have a dark green car. its from the 90's which makes sense why its green.

[@drumsticknuggets5123]

Dealerships and manufacturers have been telling us what we want for a long time driving the trends when it's easy. When the consumer wants it bad enough they respond. This was a good videos covering many aspects of why what we see is what we see. Enjoyable. Btw- the wrap market is responsive to the choice of color... just see a metallic pink tesla driving around. There is demand. My wife wanted the display subaru crosstrek in orange with the LP adventure package. The dealer tried so hard to steer her towards a generic outback, but she was willing to walk if they didn't sell her the car made for pr. Today we still enjoy that orange thing.

[@Thenormalguy_real_one]

I love bright coloured cars but I’ve got to admit my golf has one of the best and unique white. It’s called white silver metallic and in the sun it’s this beautiful sparkling white but in the dark or a shadow it goes to this light silver colour that stands out so much. It was a expensive extra so not to many opted for it and has now become very rare so trying to find colour matched parts are difficult 😭😭

[@aidanbowers9036]

I work at a new car dealership and can confirm that out of 700 cars on the lot, less than 30 are real colors.

[@monsterous289]

It’s literally just the massive increase in being pulled over by police. I had a base Red Honda Acura rental for ONE WEEK and got pulled over more than I had the prior 6 years

[@DukeGaGa]

I base my color choices on temperature needs on utility cars, so the lighter the better. But on sports cars I want it to pop, so shades of red and yellow are my favorites.