anjan_c2007 Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 A new car's colour choice often sends goose-pimples into our system unless we are sanguine about what is liked and to be chosen. The family members and finally the car salesman try to influence the opinion. Rightfully so for the family members, who will be co-owners of the car. But what about the salesman. If a shade of white is in demand and not likely to be available soon, he says the colour white needs to be cleaned daily and hence Sir, please think of colour"X" which is hassle free come wind, frost, sunshine or rain. Also many colours suit particular car designs and makes/models while these may not suit some other make and model. My choice is white always- now metallic white (Swift and DZire are available in this shade and look beautiful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designersf Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 it largely depends on the car mate...u cant have yrllow on a sumo but it wil look hot on a lancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesapphire Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 nowadays every colour on cars suits because quality of colours are good n long lasting....before i never liked color except silver ,black, n white but now i like turquoise blue, mint green of my spark, cherry red or maroon in almost everycar,etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 White looks good. In fact at one time Maruti used to sell 60% white cars!! For me it is red or yellow!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesapphire Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 White looks good. In fact at one time Maruti used to sell 60% white cars!!For me it is red or yellow!! ya because maruti had best available white in market at that time n other colors of that were not good n after launch of wagonr also there was no good color other than white even silky silver n pearl silver were not purest silver like in swift santro etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 I also think it had a lot to do with the repair cost and the resale value, than any real liking for white. Incidentally, the highest selling colour in the UK is Red!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The VTEC guy Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 red / silver....for me. black/metalic blue look excellent on luxury saloons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5u3zEr0 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 My choice is white always- now metallic white (Swift and DZire are available in this shade and look beautiful) The shade you are talking about is the Pearl white. Even I like it. For me choosing a colour depends on the car. For example: I do not like white on most cars but the Alpine white on the 5 series and the M3 are SUPER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rssh Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Where is Copper it looks good in the SX4 and swift .I voted for dark blue anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 The new blue looks great on the Dzire!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi1991 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 well in general and to be on the safer side..... i would say white.......... cause it's a standard color adi19912008-04-30 20:14:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Simi Grewal would agree!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Till a couple of years ago white was the global top seller. This was overtaken by Silver which I think is still numero uno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi1991 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 well white is usually cheaper.................... so why not save money......... well silver and black are other colours which follows........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgiitk Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 White may not necessarily be cheaper. Today while comes in a 'metallic' garb - Pearl or whatever, and costs the same as others. Non-metallics are cheaper and also metallic paints jobs are (or at least used to be) costlier, since the whole panel had to be redone. Incidentally, saw a White Fabia (the first I have seen on the road since Kanpur does not have a Skoda dealership) following me yesterday. Brilliant paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesapphire Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 even white palio SDX looks superb...Fabia looks great in all colour especially black,red and white... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 White may not necessarily be cheaper. Today while comes in a 'metallic' garb - Pearl or whatever' date=' and costs the same as others. Non-metallics are cheaper and also metallic paints jobs are (or at least used to be) costlier, since the whole panel had to be redone. Incidentally, saw a White Fabia (the first I have seen on the road since Kanpur does not have a Skoda dealership) following me yesterday. Brilliant paint job. [/quote'] The white in the Fabia is a brilliant effort, especially when combined with the Black interiors on the top variants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesapphire Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 So fabia has done the upper segments German's job i.e the Biege colour inside (the interiors) is decided by the body colour....U will not get beige interiors with white and beige colour...Cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adi1991 Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 well you should look at colour options of sumo orange red blue green real colourfull no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesapphire Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Sumo's color finishing is just too good never expected with Tatas....the blue,red and green looks good and has top notch finishing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 So fabia has done the upper segments German's job i.e the Biege colour inside (the interiors) is decided by the body colour....U will not get beige interiors with white and beige colour...Cool... All the more the pity. I wanted the dark interiors with the Red. Beige attracts dust and looks dirty very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Sumo's color finishing is just too good never expected with Tatas....the blue' date='red and green looks good and has top notch finishing...[/quote'] Well, Merc. uses their paintshop!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesapphire Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 And ya red in fabia should have option of both interiors black as well as beige coz both suits with red color... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjan_c2007 Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Sumo's color finishing is just too good never expected with Tatas....the blue' date='red and green looks good and has top notch finishing...[/quote'] Well, Merc. uses their paintshop!! Yes Aditya Merc has a very advanced painting and drying totally sealed process,which is a part of its assembly line after the robots weld the body panels. I had put in a thread here (International Scene, Page 5, Nov 11, 2007) about my visit to the Merc factory in Poplingen, very near Stuttgart, Germany. They take visitors to the "C" Class assembly line, where the paint shop is enclosed in a glass house for the viewer's convenience. In fact the visitor passes by the assembly line very near the very new cars being assembled. Left Hand and Right Hand Drive versions get assembled in the same assembly line. anjan_c20072008-05-02 16:17:09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdityaM Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Lucky you. About 10 years back, I got to see the Toyota plant in Nagoya, but not the paint shop. Saw the Prius in pre-production at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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