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<blockquote data-quote="TerminatoRS" data-source="post: 16310068" data-attributes="member: 195778"><p>In addition to rarity, I think the popularity/success of certain colors depends greatly on the vehicle itself. MC, for example, looks great on a Terminator, but probably wouldn't jive on most other vehicles. At the other end of the spectrum, put MC on a dime a dozen F-150 and it becomes completely unattractive IMO. I'm sure we'd all agree that the right lines and body can really make or break a color. I'm with the masses in that I've never been much for "loud" colors. But, with that said, I can still appreciate CO or ZY on a Terminator in part due to their rarity and that the car can plain pull them off. </p><p>SB...To be honest, I didn't want SB when I was shopping 8 or 9 years ago. It somehow seemed too common, but through a series of events, here I am and I'm glad I got it. In some ways I feel SB may have been a little ahead of its time. If you fast forward to present day, every manufacturer has their rendition of it (as mentioned above regarding Lexus as an example) and it's likely a highly selling hue for all of them. There's nothing fancy or special about; people just seem to like it.</p><p>It's funny to watch a manufacturer "go out on a limb" with a color and then see the others follow suit. I'm sure Ford wasn't the first, but for the sake of my knowledge or lack thereof, let's talk gray. <em>Pretending</em> Ford rolled the dice on Stealth Gray and saw success, along comes Audi with a non-metallic gray. Then Chrysler starts putting it on Jeeps and Dodges and so on and so on. Pretty soon everyone's got it. So much so that - again just as an example - Ford's had at least 3 variations that come to mind: Stealth, Leadfoot, and Avalanche. <em>But</em>, a big part of gray's success for any manufacturer has been that it's been offered on the right vehicles. Avalanche looks killer on an GT350, but would like like turds on a base model F-150. On the contrary, GM has what I consider to be a very nice, deep metallic green that's popped up in the last 2-3 model years. I think it looks great when it's clean, even on something as common as a Silverado. I have yet to see it on anything from another manufacturer, though. Why? Who knows... Perhaps I'm in the minority with this color, but if nothing else, it just fuels the fire as to the inexplicable trend in colors that the OP has brought into question. Pardon the lengthy post; my wheels got turning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerminatoRS, post: 16310068, member: 195778"] In addition to rarity, I think the popularity/success of certain colors depends greatly on the vehicle itself. MC, for example, looks great on a Terminator, but probably wouldn't jive on most other vehicles. At the other end of the spectrum, put MC on a dime a dozen F-150 and it becomes completely unattractive IMO. I'm sure we'd all agree that the right lines and body can really make or break a color. I'm with the masses in that I've never been much for "loud" colors. But, with that said, I can still appreciate CO or ZY on a Terminator in part due to their rarity and that the car can plain pull them off. SB...To be honest, I didn't want SB when I was shopping 8 or 9 years ago. It somehow seemed too common, but through a series of events, here I am and I'm glad I got it. In some ways I feel SB may have been a little ahead of its time. If you fast forward to present day, every manufacturer has their rendition of it (as mentioned above regarding Lexus as an example) and it's likely a highly selling hue for all of them. There's nothing fancy or special about; people just seem to like it. It's funny to watch a manufacturer "go out on a limb" with a color and then see the others follow suit. I'm sure Ford wasn't the first, but for the sake of my knowledge or lack thereof, let's talk gray. [i]Pretending[/i] Ford rolled the dice on Stealth Gray and saw success, along comes Audi with a non-metallic gray. Then Chrysler starts putting it on Jeeps and Dodges and so on and so on. Pretty soon everyone's got it. So much so that - again just as an example - Ford's had at least 3 variations that come to mind: Stealth, Leadfoot, and Avalanche. [i]But[/i], a big part of gray's success for any manufacturer has been that it's been offered on the right vehicles. Avalanche looks killer on an GT350, but would like like turds on a base model F-150. On the contrary, GM has what I consider to be a very nice, deep metallic green that's popped up in the last 2-3 model years. I think it looks great when it's clean, even on something as common as a Silverado. I have yet to see it on anything from another manufacturer, though. Why? Who knows... Perhaps I'm in the minority with this color, but if nothing else, it just fuels the fire as to the inexplicable trend in colors that the OP has brought into question. Pardon the lengthy post; my wheels got turning. [/QUOTE]
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