Expect to see more blue cars in 2017
White, the standard-bearer, could take a back seat to cooler hues
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The hottest car colour for 2017 may be a kind of blue, according to one paint company.
The number of blue vehicles made in 2016 increased three per cent in luxury, midsize and compact cars, says PPG, a multibillion-dollar multinational paint company based in Pittsburgh.
PPG expects the number of blue vehicles to increase and take a chip out of white, the standard-bearer that accounts for 25 per cent of vehicles made in North America. Black and silver are second at 19 per cent — with our favourite being Vesuvio Gray on the Alfa Romeo Giulia — while blue was just 10 per cent but coming on strong.
Why the increase in blue?
“Blue is a very versatile colour for the automotive market because subtle shifts in hue, chroma and flake appearance of a blue coating can do a lot to enhance a vehicle’s style,” Jane Harrington, PPG manager, said in a statement.
That helps explain all the metallics. Here’s a few of our favourite names, if not colours, from 2016. The names used to describe these vehicles’ coats may be more colourful than the colours.
Ford lit up the Detroit auto show in 2014 when it re-introduced the GT supercar in what we, at the time, called Oval Blue.
Infiniti’s Hermosa Blue might mean beautiful in Spanish, but to us it was reminiscent of that dark blue on one side of the sky when the other side is lit by sunrise.
Our favourite was on the 2017 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. Everyone who commented on the car commented on its colour. It was a kind of sky grey meets powder blue that might be the birth of the cool blue.
— Chicago Tribune