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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 09/04/2018 at 12:26 • Filed to: Blue

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In much of the world, the colour palette from which people choose in buying a car is:

Black

White

Something in between (so silver or grey)

Here we have the antidote, or given the age of the cars involved maybe a sign of lost times.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Cé hé sin 09/04/2018 at 12:31

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I think a lot of that has to do with how cars are optioned and how much extra color costs in many  cases.

facw > Cé hé sin 09/04/2018 at 12:38

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Most cars have a blue option too (and often a red).

I tend to think that in the US at least, it has a lot to do with the fact that dealers pick the cars rather than the purchaser, and dealers don’t want to get stuck with something “weird” that won’t sell (or end up getting back an undesirable lease trade-in) , so they aren’t very adventurous in what they demand. Doesn’t explain why Tesla is as boring as the rest of them (that could be a side effect of their comparatively low volume production).

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Cé hé sin 09/04/2018 at 12:57

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Blue is far from unusual. It’s the color range that can blend in with the silver/grey/ black/white cars without being offensive to anyone.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > facw 09/04/2018 at 13:06

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A lot of Teslas are leased, so it could be a similar rationale, along with not wanting to look too different and probably coming from luxury cars that are regularly leased, which means they are probably very accustomed to the leased car color palette.