America Got Scammed Into Buying Gray Cars 

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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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I hate when a car comes in five different shades of gray yet not a single cool color

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.

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.

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

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

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😂

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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"

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

I want a factory purple car

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.

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.

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.

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.

I LOVE BRIGHT YELLOW CARS

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

I noticed a few years ago that now you have to pay more for nice colors like red and blue on new cars and trucks which I’m sure many don’t care about and skip the extra charge. I’m glad the 2022 Chevy Bolt I just bought had the upgraded red tint coat on it that cost the original purchaser an extra $500.

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.

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.

one of the worst things about a gray car is they become pretty much invisible on an overcast or rainy day. I imagine they are more prone to collisions on bad weather days!

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.

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.

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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.

Giving me a reason to respray my car San Remo Red. A long time ago someone showed me a picture of an intersection and asked "what is wrong with this picture?" I Said "every car is white" they said "No the traffic lights are all on, every single one of them". this was a 4 lane intersection seeing three of the routes completely and every single car was white.

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 🙋🏻‍♂️

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.

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.

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.

Things got so bad that I had to memorise my grandmother's license plate because her gunmetal grey SUV looked the exact same as the dozen other gunmetal grey SUVs in the parking lot. She recently replaced it with a vehicle that is a nice maroon colour with cream upholstery, so maybe the tide is turning.

This video made me want to paint my silver 2002 Cougar. Maybe Grabber Blue is in it's future.

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

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.

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😞

It is true. I look outside at a parking lot at any given location where I am, and 95% of vehicles are white, black, or gray.

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.

I was ridiculed at a Mazda dealership for saying a black interior MX-5 wouldn't be my choice 🙄 I'm over 50 and was told I wasn't mature enough for Mazda's 'sophisticated' colours 😂

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

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

For several years I drove an old wagon that had a cheap turquoise paint job over the original white (I think it had been a fleet car). Everyone love it and I got tons of compliments even though it looked like the cheap, old paint it was. And I never had to remember where I parked in any parking lot. Just a quick look around and there it was; a blaring beacon of bright blue in a sea of sickly soul-killing grey. I really miss that wagon.

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

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.

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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.

I just bought a new Nissan Sentra last month. Dealer had choices of black, white, red and a couple of Electric Blue. Needless to say I bucked the trend and went with the Electric Blue. My car stands out at my apartment, at work, and at the stores.

Cars camouflaged the same colour as the road should not be allowed. Better than forcing us to have our sidelights permanently on.

Gray and Black and white aren’t colors

The dealership supply strategy is also why you can't get manuals anymore too.

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.

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?

I've seen a resurgence of colours in Norway at least. Especially a lot of yellow, green, red, purple etc for cars like the peugeot 208, but also other ones.

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.

This explains a lot. I've been working in a car factory fpr years and have complained about this for years, all the interesting colours have disappeared. We used to joke about 50 shades of grey and that after 6 months this new car finally comes in a colour that isn't grey and it is... brown... And the times it does come in colour it isn't nearly as green as you'd expect, it is grey metallic with a hint of green, blue or red... Bought my first car in a nice bright blue, which was discontinued by the time I wanted my second one. Ended up with a grey one despite telling myself I would never buy q grey car because... well it was what was available, I had to pick between plain white, plain black and a grey that was at least metallic and had some nice red accents. If I ever do get another car, it's damn sure going to be red or blue, or hopefully there will be more colour options by then.

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.

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

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.

Grey cars don't show dirt as much.

this is why i buy cars that standout

Colour contrast plays a big part. I bought my car in grey. That colour on that car with black wheels looks really dull, so I had the wheels painted gold and it honestly makes a huge difference.

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!

I was told as a kid that colorful cars came with way more expensive insurance, it's just never felt financially practical to get one

my uncle owns a bright yellow rivian and when we drive down a street all eyes follow the truck 🤣

🎯 Agreed 💯. Thanks for bringing this subject up. If I may, there’s a Safety issue too. As you know, asphalt as it ages turns gray, concrete is also gray. Silver and gray cars blend into the pavement. In rain or fog, virtually vanishing. Shades of beige aren’t any better. Small fun cars like the Mazda MX-5 and Subaru BRZ need to be offered in fun, bright, loud and proud Colors. This is especially important in a sea of SUVs with distracted drivers. Auto manufacturer might as well call their cheap, cost saving, primer looking, shades of gray and boring beige, non-colors “Anonymous Asphalt” or “Concrete Camouflage”.

I have a 2010 Fore Crown Victoria in bright yellow, this car stands out amongst the other vehicles on the road and I absolutely love my car for its fun color.

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.

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.

When I get a scratch or chip (or rust spot), I want to be able to go to the store, pick up a can of Gloss 'Rust Check' spray paint and spray it onto the car's paint, instantly matching the paint on the vehicle, and stopping all rust from forming. This can only be done with the colors 'Black' and 'White' (mostly). All other colors, especially silver, are nearly impossible to get to paint-match perfectly from a simple selection of spray cans in a hardware store. 'Clear' goes with everything.

There are a few faults here. 1-Its not an issue of resale value with gray, black or white. Its an issue of time. Those cars will sell the FASTEST. You can have an orange car, and command a premium, but it will take some time until the buyer that wants that color shows up. Most sellers dont want to sit on a car, be it a dealership, or the seller (if they dont trade and just post listings). So there is truth to that. (No, Im not coping. I have two green cars, a brown car, an orange car, a red car, a beige blue, and sure, four black ones too). Oh, forgot the white bus too. 2-At least with Dodge, cars are in fact ordered by the dealer, and they pick and choose whatever they want. They will pick cars that will sell the quickest, which means, black, sunroof, black interior, but also price caps. So no shakers for the Scat Packs, but a TON of 5.7s that do have them, and with the handling package, with bigger tires, ending up a grand or two more than the 6.4. Chevy does the same with Vettes and Camaros that are dealer allocated, where a general manager or lead salesman will pick each RSO for the car. Of course, this does NOT include last model years, like 2023 Dodges, 2024 Camaros, 2024 TRXs, which are basically turned into cash cows and sold at auctions, before the car is built, giving the auction winner, or heighest bidder the opportunity to build the car how they want. But still, you could build the car you wanted, like I did in 23, for my 1320 Challenger. No sunroof, and SubLime green.

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Why did I see "gray" as gay?

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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!

Silver is the color of machines. Cars are machines. Form follows function.

I miss having the leftover VW bugs from the 60s still around, that were painted all sorts of crazy ways.

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 👏

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.

I like black cars personally. That's what I bought. Happy with it too. It is cool seeing a colorful car but I personally don't want one

So glad when I ordered my Tacoma in 2022 that I went with red. So many comments on the colour when it’s all shined up.