What are popular e60 LCI colors in Europe?
07-22-2007, 07:11 PM
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Just out of curiousity what are popular e60 LCI colors in Europe?
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Originally Posted by pharding' post='451023' date='Jul 23 2007, 05:11 AM
Just out of curiousity what are popular e60 LCI colors in Europe?
From what I have seen here on the roads, the same as the pre-LCI.
Maybe a few more platinum greys compared to the number of titanium greys, and also a few more white E60s, but nothing compared to the number of black, silver and sliver-grey.
first:
black, silver, silver-grey (space-grey)
followed by:
blues, dark grey (platinum grey)
hardly ever:
greens, reds or white
Nothings really spectacularly different here in Europe with regards to the new LCI colours. Has Carbon Black become a very popular choice state side - thats the real "new" colour with the LCI model over there, right??
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Originally Posted by xBMWx' post='451105' date='Jul 23 2007, 07:48 AM
Has Carbon Black become a very popular choice state side - thats the real "new" colour with the LCI model over there, right??
White is becoming more popular here - probably due to the whole iPod thing, and also car makers seem to think white is the new trendy color. The new E92 M3 press materials show it in white, the Porsche 997 GT3 press materials showed it in white, etc.
But I hear Europeans still hate white...?
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Depends on country....
In Germany there are a lots of CarbonBlack, as black, black and also black is the most preferred colour there. 2nd is silver and then grey. I've never seen official statistics for Sweden but my own idea is silver before black.
Speaking of white - well there is a big Hype around white as they are trying to "re-launch" that colour. Almost all test cars for journalists are white nowadays. It's paying of slightly as white starts to get a little more common. But the common attitude towards white is: lower residual value.
In Germany there are a lots of CarbonBlack, as black, black and also black is the most preferred colour there. 2nd is silver and then grey. I've never seen official statistics for Sweden but my own idea is silver before black.
Speaking of white - well there is a big Hype around white as they are trying to "re-launch" that colour. Almost all test cars for journalists are white nowadays. It's paying of slightly as white starts to get a little more common. But the common attitude towards white is: lower residual value.
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Originally Posted by narvselius' post='451208' date='Jul 23 2007, 08:01 PM
But the common attitude towards white...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_man
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But I hear Europeans still hate white...?
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This is reflected in their resale price
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This is reflected in their resale price
http://www.carpages.co.uk/news/depre...n-10-05-05.asp
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Originally Posted by Rossman_999' post='451400' date='Jul 24 2007, 09:19 AM
Silver used to hold the top spot, but the large number of silver prestige cars on UK roads has meant the colour has now fallen back
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I would also suggest that the nature of the northern european climate militates against white cars. If I had a white car in the Netherlands or northern UK, it would probably end up being grey for 8 months of the year unless I washed it every day. Not really practical.
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Originally Posted by MacSid' post='451403' date='Jul 24 2007, 09:29 AM
I would also suggest that the nature of the northern european climate militates against white cars. If I had a white car in the Netherlands or northern UK, it would probably end up being grey for 8 months of the year unless I washed it every day. Not really practical.
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