Colorful cars are becoming a thing of the past

I'm not sure it's just due to cost-cutting. Certainly here in the UK there has been a very noticeable shift from bright colours of cars to multiple shades of grey and other colours which to my old eyes look drab and sludgy. My impression is that this is the current fashion.

I’ve also seen this in trainers. Heading into a shop it feels like 80% grey/black and the rest not really different.

There’s a correlation with car price I find. Lots of baby blue Porsches and bright green Lambo’s in my neighborhood.<p>Interestingly, the daily driver for these individuals seems to be a white Tesla model Y though.

I remember reading somewhere, that the predominant car colours of a certain time are associated or correlated to the economic outlook of the day. Maybe that&#x27;s what&#x27;s at play here?

Posted right at the time of the release of the Renault 5, sold with the default color Iconic Yellow, and available in Green Pop (also very flashy)... :)

And turquoise kitchen appliances went out of style in the mid-70s along with shag rugs and leisure suits.<p>Styles and tastes change.

It&#x27;s interesting to present as colorful <i>cars</i>. There are much fewer cars on the road these days as they are being replaced by large and expensive SUVs.<p>From the article:<p>&gt;<i>The culprit? Corporate cost cutting. As profit margins got tighter, automakers went looking for ways to make assembly lines run faster and cheaper.</i><p>I&#x27;m not so sure this is the reason. If you look at houses, current trends are black and white or a combination of the two.<p>I think it&#x27;s more just current tastes than anything.