For the third yr in a row, grey held its place because the UK’s favourite new car color in 2020, in keeping with the newest numbers launched by the Society of Motor Producers and Merchants (SMMT). Black and white took second and third place, demand for yellow elevated by 50 %, and pink had its worst yr since 1997.

Gray was the highest shade for each gasoline and diesel automobiles with 248,182 and 84,489 registered within the colours respectively, whereas white was most in demand for BEVs and black for PHEVs, with 25,689 and 17,989 registered respectively. It was a file yr for electrified automobiles, which collectively accounted for greater than 10 % of complete registrations (up from about 3 % in 2019).

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White was the preferred shade for the mini section, whereas luxurious sedans and different govt automobiles have been most probably to be painted black. In complete, there have been 106 totally different colours registered all year long within the UK, with the least common being maroon.

The remainder of the highest 10 remained unchanged, save for yellow and bronze, which reversed locations. As talked about earlier than, yellow elevated its market share by 50%, however that also resulted in solely 6,816 gross sales. In the meantime red noticed its registrations drop under 200,000 for the primary time in a decade to 147,222, recording its worst end result since 1997.

General, 397,197 gray automobiles have been bought over the course of 2020 within the UK, which implies that practically 1 / 4 (24.3%) of all new automobiles bought have been painted in that shade. Mixed with the 2 different high colours, black and white, they accounted for greater than 60 % (61.6%) of all new automobiles registered in 2020.

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“2020 was a fairly darkish yr for the automotive business and having gray as the highest new automotive shade most likely displays the environment,” chief govt of the SMMT, Mike Hawes, mentioned. “The sector, nonetheless, continues to offer useful mobility, from vans delivering important items to personal automobiles serving to key staff do their jobs, and click on and accumulate gives a lifeline for the business, serving to to maintain manufacturing going. It can’t, nonetheless, change the showroom expertise and the sector has taken nice steps to make sure sellers are Covid-secure with the pliability to handle buyer appointments so automotive consumers can select a brand new automotive and shade in a protected atmosphere.”