Yes white was the colour of showroom death in my time and I even had a white 520i demo that they covered in stripes and a body kit to give it some showroom appeal. That did work!
The resurrection of white is very obvious nowadays, as it was a 'black swan' for a long time.
A neighbour of mine proudly showed me his gleaming white, new Freelander 2 a while back, telling me that he'd bought a 'Pure' limited edition - virgin white etc. He was partially right but the limit was only the number of people wanting to buy the base-spec car... in white.
I bet the salesman got a bottle of bubly for finally selling a car that had been hanging around for far too long!
I had a new green Audi A6 allroad bitdi on order in 2014. They took a long time making it, and tried to exit the amazing deal with car wow by telling me car was not being made. Would I like my deposit back, no thanks! When production resumed they said that green was now a £2k option! So I went with a dark blue metallic instead. 10 years and 93k later I still have the car and have been looking for a replacement. But they all seem to be spivvy black ones with ugly children windows- urg
Yes white was the colour of showroom death in my time and I even had a white 520i demo that they covered in stripes and a body kit to give it some showroom appeal. That did work!
Appreciate you taking the time to read it.
Goodness me I did not realise that green paint was so expensive. You might as well keep it going? 93K is just run in....
The resurrection of white is very obvious nowadays, as it was a 'black swan' for a long time.
A neighbour of mine proudly showed me his gleaming white, new Freelander 2 a while back, telling me that he'd bought a 'Pure' limited edition - virgin white etc. He was partially right but the limit was only the number of people wanting to buy the base-spec car... in white.
I bet the salesman got a bottle of bubly for finally selling a car that had been hanging around for far too long!
Very interesting. Thank you.
I had a new green Audi A6 allroad bitdi on order in 2014. They took a long time making it, and tried to exit the amazing deal with car wow by telling me car was not being made. Would I like my deposit back, no thanks! When production resumed they said that green was now a £2k option! So I went with a dark blue metallic instead. 10 years and 93k later I still have the car and have been looking for a replacement. But they all seem to be spivvy black ones with ugly children windows- urg