An aerial photograph of new cars at Fremantle Port tells the story of modern car colours — a sea of white, dotted with some grey/silver and black, with only occasional splashes of red or blue.
I’d argue new car designs are not very inspiring, so naturally people are choosing the colours that compliment the feeling they get from the car. No sense putting lipstick on a pig. Also the resale argument is a factor that wasn’t apparent in the past. You’d buy a car for keeps and it would be your car, these days hanging onto a car more than a few years is a huge liability when it comes to maintenance costs.
Warranties are long and your insane if you think spending $40k or more on another car every few years is better than servicing a warranted car for 7 years…
Used car market is much more favourable than it used to be for sellers so it’s a no brainer for people that like the latest of everything and always want new tech. Cars aren’t machines any more and have electronics, batteries and subscriptions, it’s shit and I don’t buy into it but you can see how little people will care about personality of the vehicle vs the status it provides as-is
I’d argue new car designs are not very inspiring, so naturally people are choosing the colours that compliment the feeling they get from the car. No sense putting lipstick on a pig. Also the resale argument is a factor that wasn’t apparent in the past. You’d buy a car for keeps and it would be your car, these days hanging onto a car more than a few years is a huge liability when it comes to maintenance costs.
Someone is suckered by the car industry.
Warranties are long and your insane if you think spending $40k or more on another car every few years is better than servicing a warranted car for 7 years…
Used car market is much more favourable than it used to be for sellers so it’s a no brainer for people that like the latest of everything and always want new tech. Cars aren’t machines any more and have electronics, batteries and subscriptions, it’s shit and I don’t buy into it but you can see how little people will care about personality of the vehicle vs the status it provides as-is