Latest statistics show that white cars have suddenly become the most popular on the road. In the last year the number of white cars on the road has increased by more than 60% over any other car colours. As to the reason behind this, your guess is as good as ours - although a number of major manufacturers have been using white cars in their advertising campaigns.
When choosing a colour for your car, do you also think about depreciation, latest fashion, visibility or what colour you look good in? Or are you not bothered in the slightest what colour your car is?
A number of studies have been made to determine which car colours are the least safe and which are the safest. A study by Schumann 1991 found red colour cars to be one of the least visible, which beggars the question as to why the fire brigade ride around in their big red engines.
It appears that when choosing car colours for safety reasons, it is not that straight forward. The safety of any colour depends on the background colours. This means a certain colour cars could be safe against a backdrop of trees, whilst not so safe set against a more urban backdrop. As most people will travel between a variety of backgrounds this is a tough one to call.
If you are choosing a car because the colour is currently in fashion, then you need to ask yourself whether it will still be in fashion when you come to sell your car. This season everyone may be looking for yellow cars, whilst next season they may not wish to be seen out in yellow colour cars.
A number of colours depreciate less in value and these are namely the colours that have remained popular over many years. Blue, red and silver are the top three, with the current addition of white and black.
Safe car colours however can be quite dull and boring, and you may wish to drive a pink or orange car which illustrates your personality better or to help you to find your car quicker in your local supermarket car park, standing out in a sea of black and blue cars.