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Title: Has anyone else noticed...
Post by: STEMO on 17 June 2021, 20:31:19
.....the amount of new cars around that are either this colour

(https://i.ibb.co/4sVQdX7/E60-BEF17-3-F20-4687-8530-8-F9-C6-C35-EC31.png) (https://ibb.co/HNHJdbV)

or a darker, Smokey colour?
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Post by: Andy H on 17 June 2021, 20:41:45
Stealth mode on?

Given the eyesite of an ageing population I wager a lot of these cars won't be noticed  ::)
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Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 17 June 2021, 20:42:13
Is that Lord Opti with his new car?  ;D
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Post by: YZ250 on 17 June 2021, 20:44:02
My son has a Meteor Grey Skoda Octavia VRS. He's used to the 'When is the top coat paint being done' comments now. It wasn't his first choice of colour but is very well specced so he still bought it.
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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 17 June 2021, 21:09:47
Yuk.....grey primer. Or Nardo grey as Audi pretentiously name a colour very similar.
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Post by: Rangie on 17 June 2021, 21:12:24
Awful colour , still their choice but why ?
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Post by: STEMO on 17 June 2021, 21:18:37
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2021/01/18/grey-most-popular-new-car-colour-in-the-uk
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed...
Post by: STEMO on 17 June 2021, 21:21:56
A quarter of all cars sold in 2020 was grey, apparently.  :-\ It might look trendy for a while but I'd get fed up with it pretty quickly.
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Post by: Rangie on 17 June 2021, 21:26:03
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2021/01/18/grey-most-popular-new-car-colour-in-the-uk
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By the way Steve missus has changed her mind, she now wants a metallic blue Toyota Yaris Hybrid, been admiring one parked alongside us tonight.
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed...
Post by: STEMO on 17 June 2021, 21:31:00
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2021/01/18/grey-most-popular-new-car-colour-in-the-uk
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By the way Steve missus has changed her mind, she now wants a metallic blue Toyota Yaris Hybrid, been admiring one parked alongside us tonight.
I think they're a nice looking little car.......for a female, of course. Make sure she gets exactly the one she wants, no comebacks for you then.
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Post by: Rangie on 17 June 2021, 21:34:59
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/manufacturer-news/2021/01/18/grey-most-popular-new-car-colour-in-the-uk
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By the way Steve missus has changed her mind, she now wants a metallic blue Toyota Yaris Hybrid, been admiring one parked alongside us tonight.
I think they're a nice looking little car.......for a female, of course. Make sure she gets exactly the one she wants, no comebacks for you then.


I drove one a few years ago ( courtesy car) have to admit that I was impressed with it  seen a 20 plate with very low mileage on motorpoint £14,995 better than the Aygo definitely.
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Post by: VXL V6 on 17 June 2021, 21:48:55
Euuugh primer waiting for its top coat.
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Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 17 June 2021, 22:10:26
Grey seems to be very fashionable these days. Looking at houses on Rightmove the majority seem to be decorated in grey emulsion.  :-\

I hate it...  ::)
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Post by: Nick W on 17 June 2021, 22:22:08
A quarter of all cars sold in 2020 was grey, apparently.  :-\ It might look trendy for a while but I'd get fed up with it pretty quickly.


Mum's Focus is pearl grey. Clean and polished, it looks like dirty silver. Dirty, it just looks drab.
So it's an ugly car, painted a boring colour. I suspect the influence of German designers....

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Post by: ronnyd on 17 June 2021, 23:12:56
When i was looking to replace my Desmond i drove a metallic grey Saab 9-5. Nice car, lowish miles smooth auto box etc. The trouble was that the interior  was virtually the same colour as the outside, which for me was too much grey. What did i buy? A bloody silver Vectra. ::)
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Post by: Keith ABS on 18 June 2021, 07:00:57
 Its the new silver as white has run its course as the must have colour
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Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2021, 11:05:41
I made a conscious decision to look at newer cars on my travels this morning and there are lots of them out there. Different shades of grey from off white to thunderstorm sky.
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Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 18 June 2021, 13:29:11
A quarter of all cars sold in 2020 was grey, apparently.  :-\ It might look trendy for a while but I'd get fed up with it pretty quickly.

In the 1950's/60's about half of all cars sold in the UK were grey although the whippersnappers who decide what is cool in 2021 probably don't know this.

I always remember being picked up from school in a grey Austin A30/35 with a giant indicator switch set in the centre of a grey metal dash.
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Post by: johnnydog on 18 June 2021, 15:26:37
Awful colour , still their choice but why ?

Some may think it's an awful colour (and it's not my choice),  but a very low mileage 7 year old Audi RS4 in Nardo Grey (Primer colour) sold at auction on Tuesday for £12,400 over the Industry recognised CAP trade figure....
So the Audi dealership that bought it must think that they can sell it even with their mark up..
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Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 18 June 2021, 15:31:12
The current Velar is a 'thunder cloud' grey, not decided (or she hasn't) hat colour its replacement will be (which I need to order next week)
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Post by: johnnydog on 18 June 2021, 16:53:33
A quarter of all cars sold in 2020 was grey, apparently.  :-\ It might look trendy for a while but I'd get fed up with it pretty quickly.
I always remember being picked up from school in a grey Austin A30/35 with a giant indicator switch set in the centre of a grey metal dash.

In the very early 60's my parents owned a Wolseley 1500 (quite posh in its day) which was grey with an ivory lower half from the chrome trims down. I thought (and still do) that combination suited the lines of the car.
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Post by: cam.in.head on 18 June 2021, 17:27:53
Awful colour , still their choice but why ?

Some may think it's an awful colour (and it's not my choice),  but a very low mileage 7 year old Audi RS4 in Nardo Grey (Primer colour) sold at auction on Tuesday for £12,400 over the Industry recognised CAP trade figure....
So the Audi dealership that bought it must think that they can sell it even with their mark up..



i wouldnt be spending £12400 on a audi in primer personally but as you say its personal choice .
mind you i wouldnt be spending that kind of money on any car anyway .

as mentioned a lot of the younsters now think grey is the "in thing"and they cant help it.at keast wel recognise them when theyre barreling down the road towards us !
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Post by: STEMO on 18 June 2021, 17:50:15
Awful colour , still their choice but why ?

Some may think it's an awful colour (and it's not my choice),  but a very low mileage 7 year old Audi RS4 in Nardo Grey (Primer colour) sold at auction on Tuesday for £12,400 over the Industry recognised CAP trade figure....
So the Audi dealership that bought it must think that they can sell it even with their mark up..



i wouldnt be spending £12400 on a audi in primer personally but as you say its personal choice .
mind you i wouldnt be spending that kind of money on any car anyway .

as mentioned a lot of the younsters now think grey is the "in thing"and they cant help it.at keast wel recognise them when theyre barreling down the road towards us !
No...£12,400 over the cap trade figure.
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Post by: Doctor Gollum on 18 June 2021, 17:53:25
No accounting for taste... Or lack thereof.

Nearly new 'prestige' stuff is at a premium currently. Apparently TCV caused a couple of production plants to 'work from home'...  ::)