The classic cars of the future will probably be white, gray or black
01/06/2022
The picture does not show any vintage cars, although at least one youngtimer from the nineties, nota bene the only colored car, can be seen. However, the distribution of colors is typical for our time. This is also shown by the latest BASF Color Report, which shows which colors were used in new cars in 2021.
Globally, white is at the top with 37%, followed by black (17%), gray (15%) and silver (8%). These are all so-called achromatic shades, i.e. not really colors at all. These only appear in the further ranks, e.g. with blue (9%) or red (6%). A good quarter of new cars in 2021 were therefore painted in color, the rest in white, gray/silver or black.
It doesn't look much different for Europe, except that gray is ahead of black and blue and red have slightly larger market shares. White is also in the lead in North America and Asia, with up to 45% of cars painted white in some cases.
We are talking about new cars that will (perhaps) become classic cars in 30 years' time. It is therefore not difficult to predict that the classic car world of the future will lack a little color, unless the blue, red, green, orange or yellow cars have a better chance of survival than the achromatically painted ones.
Perhaps you will give yellow, green or orange a chance in your next new car to counteract this trend?
