The Dutch prefer to buy a neutral colored car. After all, this has a favorable effect on the possible trade-in value, you get the idea. But what about the visibility of your car in traffic? Is the risk of an accident greater in a grey, black or white car?
If you buy a car in a striking color, you run less risk of an accident than, for example, a black or gray car. After all, you are more visible in traffic. Investigate it Association of Insurers shows that green, orange and yellow cars are the least involved in collisions.
Cars with a brown tint are the most often involved in a collision on an annual basis. Incidentally, the Association distinguishes between brown and beige. Remarkable: No less than 2.35% of all pink cars are claimed from the insurance company on an annual basis.
The Dutch fleet is “aging”
Now pink is certainly not popular with car buyers. According to it CBS there are only a little over 3,500 cars of this color in circulation. The Dutch are very conservative in choosing the color of their cars and prefer grey, black or white. Twenty years ago it was different, according to data from Statistics Netherlands. At that time, most cars were still ordered in red.
Meanwhile, 34 percent of the entire Dutch fleet is ‘greyed’, while 24 percent have black paint. The Dutch do not deviate from color trends in the rest of Europe. In neighboring countries, car buyers also prefer gray, black or white.
And in the rest of the world? These colors also seem to be the most in demand. But it’s amazing that in Russia 11 percent of all new cars are ordered in a brown shade. Motorists in India prefer not to drive a blue car: only 3 percent opt for this colour. And car buyers in China have a clear preference for white: 50 percent of all new cars are ordered in white.
The Toyota Aygo and Yaris Cross are supplied free of charge in white.
Striking color? Usually for an additional fee
The safest colors on the street – green, red and orange – are much less popular around the world. In the current Dutch car parc, only 6% of cars have red paint and 3% green. Only six of the thousand cars are orange (0.6%). Apparently, the car buyer doesn’t think about road safety when choosing the color.
How much the added cost of a particular paint color plays a role in buyer preference is difficult to determine. Thus, the Opel Corsa – in October the best selling car in the Netherlands – only supplied with white, gray or black paint if an additional price is paid. If you don’t want it, the choice is limited to orange.
We see a similar policy in Peugeot. Yellow is the standard color for the 208, while the 2008 comes with an orange paint at no extra cost. Other brands prefer to choose a neutral paint color as standard. The Toyota Aygo and Yaris Cross come free of charge in white, while Volvo only offers gray on the XC40 at no extra cost. In a car as big as the BMW 5 Series, black and white are the standard colours.
More than 70% of used cars are grey, black or white
When the vast majority of new cars are purchased in grey, black or white, this naturally has a direct impact on the color range of used cars. On Gaspedaal.nl even more than 70 percent of the total lineup consists of grey, black and white used cars.
While it shouldn’t matter, automakers would much rather trade a car for a neutral color than one with an eye-catching, more upscale paint color. After all, there is a risk that it will take relatively much longer for a buyer to report for this used car with its “traffic-safe” color. And this leads to additional costs for the company. This in turn may affect the trade-in price offered.
Want to learn more about paint colors? You can see an extensive comparison of the different colors on this page of Gaspedal.nl
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