Metallic brings more on trade-in
5 December 2002: Metallic silver, blue, black or grey are the the top colours at the moment according to UK automotive analysts Glass Information services.
The typical premium of £500 one pays in the UK for a good metallic colour on a new car, can one year later be worth £1000 over a less popular metallic shade, or £2000 over the corresponding flat colour, Glass says. The gulf is even wider where sports and convertible models are concerned, where the differential can be as much as £4000 – a staggering 800 per cent return on investment!
Silver is the most popular colour choice of all, followed by metallic blue, black and grey. The least popular metallic hues are red, green, gold/brown and any garish shades, such as yellow. For a decade now, metallic paint of one sort or another has been the most popular new car option of all.
Bill Trapman