Coloured 911's for 2009?

[Ferry Man]

After seeing the delightful kaleidescope of colours at Castle Hedingham it was a shame to see the contrast at my local OPC the other day.
I was greeted by a showroom of Slate Grey cars.
They're all silver or grey or dark grey.

So here's a few shots of the 911 for the 2009 model year.
A little more colour on show. Why there's even the renaissance of the attractive combination of Metallic Green with a tan interior.

The question is: Will anyone buy these colours or are they just publicity shots?
Will grey still be the prevalant shade on the road?

[pmjt]

The question is: Will anyone buy these colours or are they just publicity shots?

Three of the 996's I had were ordered in Speed Yellow - whenever I came to sell them it was always the same old line "ooooh no one wants them in that colour" If you had a 996 in white is had to have been a middle eastern import and was literally unsellable

Porsche buyers in the UK do seem to be driven by resale 'safety' and that's why they're all silver, grey, lighter grey, darker grey - ooooh and then there's Seal Grey and of course Meteor Grey

Personally love the 997 in both Guards Red and White- only seen a couple. Plenty of them around here in Black, grey, silver, black - oh dark blue

P

[Mike]

saw a brand new turbo/gt2 type looking thing in my OPC the other day in Guildford..... in white....looked sensational

[jonat127]

This could be why I find myself drawn to 1970's cars.
When I bought my Chrysler I went radical and ordered a beige, well pale gold, one. Guess what, they couldn't get one for 6 months so I ended up with silver and I have never really liked it.....
Jon

[Helen]

strange people say they buy grey because of re-sale.
i have always found that colour sell cars very well and thats because they stand out in the adverts and also in the sales rooms.

when ever i go to a show in a brightly coloured car its always the one that always attracts the oohs and arrs from the Ladies and the children.

[jwhillracer]

Had to go to Mercedes-Benz Truro on Monday for a spare belt for the Camper, and wandered round the dull expanse of silver, grey, charcoal and black cars - there were not even any brightly coloured Smarts.

Coming back round the corner though, there was one bright yellow flower in this sea of dark grey that made me smile again - our 914/6!

Laughed all the way back home......................

Cheers

JW

PS - M-B may be dull coloured, but when the main fan/alternator/power steering/servo brakes belt went on the way up the M5 to Shelsley Walsh with the trailer and Hillclimb 911 on behind, there was a service van with me in an hour, and I was on my way again - extremely impressive!!

[abash914]

Weren't you wearing tights that day Jonathan?
AA

[jwhillracer]

If I found a girl with legs long enough to sort out that belt, it would take me a day and a half to get to the interesting bits.................

Cheers

JW

[KS]

If I found a girl with legs long enough to sort out that belt, it would take me a day and a half to get to the interesting bits.................

Cheers

JW

And then another day and a half to remember what to do when you found them...

[abash914]

He always was slow getting to the top...

[jwhillracer]

You've been talking to Margie again.................



JW

[jwhillracer]

So - will 2009 models be as colourful as 1970 ones?



JW

[Bladesman]

I recall reading an article that the colour of cars was related to the up turn/down turns in the economy. There was some economist or sociologist (who was a petrolhead) who had undertaken a study on the subject

In brief the conclusion was when the economy was doing well we tend to buy more sober coloured cars whereas when there was a slowdown then we tend to buy more brightly coloured cars.

I suppose there is an element of truth in this when you look at the 1970's oil crisis - brightly coloured cars, early 1980's recession bright red Porsches, late 1980's upturn - blues/blacks, early 1990's slowdown - bright red/white, late 1990's-2006 upturn - grey/silver etc, 2008/20??- bright coloured cars again

But then again it could all be a load of intellectual c**p

[Ferry Man]

it could all be a load of intellectual c**p

That's DDK summed up in one.

[Bertroex]

It could also be because of the craze of introducing "safety colours" in the late 1960-ties.

Some german safety guy noted down that in fog and rain only bright colours would be distinguishable. IIRC the best colour was ivory, then yellow then orange etc- something to do with the light reflectiveness of that colour.

A flat grey car was highly ill-adviced.

However, that was for non-metallic colours. Metallics had reflective particles in them and that put them on par with ivory.

Trouble obviously was that metallics were more expensive and GRP panels might show up colour inconsistencies. People needed to evolve first from safety colours into the "brown" fashionable phase before metallics became more mainstream as well as affordable.



Bert