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As I edge ever closer to buying my Ampera, I run through the options (thankfully few), make my choice of model (Electron) and then I get stuck on colour choice.... Having worked in the Automotive Industry for 20 years I know that colour choice matters. The difference between a 'top' selling colour and a duff one can be several hundred pounds at trade-in 3 years down the line. But then, the car also looks so great in some colours and only 'so-so' in others...
I remember reading an earlier thread in EV chat about which colours get noticed, (silver was obvious, but black was 'invisible'). Yes - the car looks stunning in white, because it accentuates the boomerang lights at the front. But is that reason enough? I'm not taken by black, the metallic grey or the silver (the Ampera is defiantly NOT an Audi - and 50% of cars up and down most streets are a shade of silver anyway) - so that leaves blue or red. The red is more expensive (tri- coat metallic) so what about the blue...?
Choose Power blue in the Ampera website and the car comes up in an attractive Prussian blue - nothing like the blue Amperas I've seen (twice), or that I can find as pics after Googling 'Blue Ampera'. Similarly the Red on the site is more a flame red / bright shade shade on my laptop than the cherry red example I've seen (Oxford Park and Ride - plugged in and re-charging happily).
And then with my sensible head on a quick search of Autotrader shows 11 Amperas for sale - 5 of them are white. That either means that it's the most popular colour - or the one that no-one can shift.
Hmm....Thoughts anyone?
Tim
I remember reading an earlier thread in EV chat about which colours get noticed, (silver was obvious, but black was 'invisible'). Yes - the car looks stunning in white, because it accentuates the boomerang lights at the front. But is that reason enough? I'm not taken by black, the metallic grey or the silver (the Ampera is defiantly NOT an Audi - and 50% of cars up and down most streets are a shade of silver anyway) - so that leaves blue or red. The red is more expensive (tri- coat metallic) so what about the blue...?
Choose Power blue in the Ampera website and the car comes up in an attractive Prussian blue - nothing like the blue Amperas I've seen (twice), or that I can find as pics after Googling 'Blue Ampera'. Similarly the Red on the site is more a flame red / bright shade shade on my laptop than the cherry red example I've seen (Oxford Park and Ride - plugged in and re-charging happily).
And then with my sensible head on a quick search of Autotrader shows 11 Amperas for sale - 5 of them are white. That either means that it's the most popular colour - or the one that no-one can shift.
Hmm....Thoughts anyone?
Tim