The least common color from a manufacturer

"BadMotorScooter" (badmotorscooter) 02/19/2014 at 14:28 • Filed to: None

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I saw a purple Firebird today and thought wow you rarely see a purple car (it was very purple), but then as I began to pay attention while driving around I noticed a lot of different shades of purple. That led me to wonder - what is the least common color on a new car from the factory? Not a specific model, like a lime green Challenger, but overall the least common color to be found from any manufacturer. For purposes of discussion colors should be grouped by the primary shade - like neon green and lime green are all shades of green, and green isn't that uncommon.

I don't think it is purple, although that particular very purple shade is unusual. I think it is orange. You rarely see any orange cars, especially if they are not reddish-orange. What is more uncommon than a true orange car?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:29

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Lime Green

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:33

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Bare metal:

jariten1781 > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:34

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Um...pink? It was more common in ye olde days but there's not a whole lot now.

BadMotorScooter > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/19/2014 at 14:34

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Yes, but as a shade of green and green isn't that uncommon

camaroboy68ss > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:34

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I don't see alot of bright blues or teals anymore they were popular in the late 80s early 90s but I just dont see it on the road anymore.

Also yellow is little used color

puddler > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:34

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my furd was medium pine. my nova was mulsanne blue before the asshat PO painted it an awful matte yellow. (matte yellow looks good with greasy fingerprints all over the tops of the front fenders, on the drivers door (near the mirror) and on the driprail.

Mercedes Streeter > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:35

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A sky blue car...I seriously have the only smart this shade of blue in my county...

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:39

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Orange is pretty common hthese days, particularly on small cars. You know what isn't? Dark green. No one makes that nice, dark metallic green anymore. I think you can get it on a mini, and a handful of the mid-level luxury brands.

MoparKetchup > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:40

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This color... I saw it one time in an exhibition and though it was brick-red, but then it was dark orange and when I looked back it was copper.

My pops called me yesterday that there's a slight possibility he'll get one (in this color) this month, so fingers crossed.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Mercedes Streeter 02/19/2014 at 14:40

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y do you have a Smart?

Chase > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:41

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This:

:P

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:45

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I think purple.

Dodge has gotten back into offering orange as a factory color now. GM was offering orange on Cobalts for a while there.

But no one that I can think of does purple anymore. The Cobalts had a purple option but it was very rare, and I can't recall any car within the last 10 years that has offered purple as an option.

crowmolly > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:45

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jariten1781 > jariten1781 02/19/2014 at 14:46

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Oh, and that nasty cream color that they used to put on Civics in the late 80s.

It looked almost white...but as if it had somehow been stained...I have no clue who thought that was a good color.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 02/19/2014 at 14:50

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I think we have a winner here. Whats his prize?

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:53

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For purposes of discussion colors should be grouped by the primary shade - like neon green and lime green are all shades of green, and green isn't that uncommon.

I like how pretty much no one listened to this.

Victorious Secret > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:55

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Glut Orange.

The fact that it costs 3500 or more probably keeps the take rate low.

My92SSEisn'taTardis > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. 02/19/2014 at 14:57

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Northern Lights Violet - current MB factory offering on the CLA

A3R0 > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 14:59

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Yellow! It's why people play the yellow car game.

ColoradoTaco > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. 02/19/2014 at 15:03

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You could buy a purple STI

Although most refer to it as 'blurple'

ColoradoTaco > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/19/2014 at 15:04

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Buddy at work here just bought a dark green Tacoma.

The Ghost of Oppo > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 15:04

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In Germany you can get the a Golf GTD (and probably all the other Golfs as well) in 3 different shades of purple.

The Golf only comes in 6 total colors here!

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > ColoradoTaco 02/19/2014 at 15:22

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True. Looks like the Sonic Blue of Ford.

Xentron Holy Reaper of Worlds > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/19/2014 at 15:24

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Because [almost] racecar.

BadMotorScooter > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/19/2014 at 15:27

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The C7 has a beautiful darker metallic green option. I would get this color if I were buying a C7 today.

RazoE > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 15:30

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Teal. You never really see it.

Kookanoodles > Mercedes Streeter 02/19/2014 at 15:30

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Getting pretty rare indeed. Citroën used to make a lot of sky blue cars, but even them have stopped making the sky blue DS5.

BadMotorScooter > jariten1781 02/19/2014 at 15:31

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True, I can't think of a factory pink car made recently. A pastel from the 50s I recall, but nothing recent.

BadMotorScooter > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 15:33

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What about metallic black? Don't see that very often.

Mercedes Streeter > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/19/2014 at 15:34

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Because I wanted one? How many other city cars have a rear engine and rear wheel drive? Wide tyres makes the thing handle like a go kart too...

jariten1781 > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 15:37

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The only one I know of is the "Pink Passion" Smart fortwo.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Mercedes Streeter 02/19/2014 at 15:43

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What do you get for MPGs? I've read it's actually pretty poor. I know there are other advantages to having such a small car especially if you live in an actual city, but the poor gas mileage makes me kinda hate the Smart.

Mercedes Streeter > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 02/19/2014 at 16:01

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I average about 40 MPG in the Winter and 45-50 MPG in the Spring, Summer, and Fall.

A good thing to remember, is that the EPA tests for fuel economy using a rolling road and a computer simulation of real world driving, rather than actual real world driving.

While it shouldn't be used as an approximation as what to expect from a car, Fuelly does give you an idea of what some others get. Bear in mind, these are city cars, designed to troll around cities rather than cruise the highway. :)

http://www.fuelly.com/car/smart/fort…

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Mercedes Streeter 02/19/2014 at 16:03

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Well thats much better than the 28-32 i have read. Good to hear the Smart actually is smart

jkm7680 > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 16:51

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This terrible pink shade for the Spark

I hate it, I hate it, I hate it

BadMotorScooter > jkm7680 02/19/2014 at 17:47

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I think we have a winner folks! I don't know of any other factory pink color, in any shade (rosy reds don't count). Not VW, not MINI, not Scion, not even Toyota. Nobody makes a factory available pink car today except Chevy...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 19:31

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I was going to say any 918 with the optional $63,000.00 (!) liquid metal paint, but I'd be willing to bet that most of the buyers will specify it in an attempt to let people know just how stupidrich they are, thus negating the exclusivity factor. They really should save their money for important and meaningful touches, like whale penis leather covered air vents and door lock knobs.

@rbalch1 > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 19:47

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Purple is very common

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > BadMotorScooter 02/19/2014 at 22:20

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Pink.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > BadMotorScooter 02/20/2014 at 03:40

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Orange, you say? Here's my previous car.

Someone else mentioned yellow...

Here is my current car.

I also want a purple car. And a green car.

Team6.1 > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. 02/20/2014 at 09:55

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JK Jeeps also come in orange. Purple PT Cruisers and Plymouth Prowlers I beleive. Although I still agree with purple, very rare.

grom-commando > BadMotorScooter 02/20/2014 at 13:08

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I know there is only 1 Boss 302 in yellow blaze and white stripes.

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > Team6.1 02/20/2014 at 18:23

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I said last 10 years, but I understand your point regardless. Still pretty rare color I agree.