New car brands

[Gwylan]

They keep advertising on my TV.

Just weird aspirational video but scarcely telling much about the vehicle.

Do they only do white cars?

 

[fossyant]

Apparently Teslas only come in white unless you pay more (from my boss who has one).

 

[Slick]

Paying for coloured paint on a new car is not a new phenomenon.

 

[cyberknight]

Apparently Teslas only come in white unless you pay more (from my boss who has one).

ruddy elon cant even come up with his own scheme, he nicked that idea from dacia

 

[cougie uk]

I think Dacia might have stolen one colour only from Henry Ford back in the day.
"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black."

 

[All uphill]

Why is this in general cycling discussions?

 

[Sallar55]

Because most people in the UK are car mad. Even it it means sitting in a rolling carpark on commutes.When everyone has a car the freedom of movement is gone.

 

[Cycleops]

I've been noticing that the new white or black is
now 'battleship grey'. Anybody else noticed this depressing trend?

Another thing I've noticed is that cars , particularly 4x4s are looking almost exactly the same now. There's a Toyota and a Hyundai I think parked in my son's school and they're virtually indistinguishable, even the same colour. Maybe it's just the far Eastern manufacturers. I'll post a pic .

 

[tyred]

I've been noticing that the new white or black is
now 'battleship grey'. Anybody else noticed this depressing trend?

Yes indeed. Why do people choose such dull, boring colours? It's seems to be especially common on VAG products around here.

I was in the market for a used Yaris recently and was determined not to buy one in silver or grey.

 

[Cycleops]

I was in the market for a used Yaris recently and was determined not to buy one in silver or grey.

I've got a Yaris, only it's called a Vitz, from Japan. You might know they have RHD there, like UK but they convert them to LHD for here. A dull rather boring car but ultra reliable. It's got the CVT transmission which makes it a accelerate like an asthmatic camel. It's silver

 

[tyred]

I've got a Yaris, only it's called a Vitz, from Japan. You might know they have RHD there, like UK but they convert them to LHD for here. A dull rather boring car but ultra reliable. It's got the CVT transmission which makes it a accelerate like an asthmatic camel. It's silver

It's the reliability thing is what I'm hoping for after a year with a Skoda Fabia that has been a bottomless money pit and if possible is even more bland than a Yaris.

Mine is a 1 litre manual so no sports cars but I'd say it is lively enough for a small engined supermini. It also drives pretty well and I'm impressed with the use of interior space.

I'm hoping it will save me money and free up cash for my Peugeot 205 project which is my first motoring love.