Dunno about the photo specifically, but the trend is very real and has been discussed online before as our world becomes bland “safe” color c
Surprised by the % black since very few R1’s I have seen are black and from the order list over over 100 vehicles barely 2% are black.Dunno about the photo specifically, but the trend is very real and has been discussed online before as our world becomes bland “safe” color c
https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content...2020/10/car-color-graph.jpg?quality=85&w=1250
So makes sense that R1 & R2 share black, white, silver, gray. But strange that R1 gets two shares of blue (Rivian and Storm) but R2 gets neither? Will be curious to see what comes/goes for MY28.
Sounds like red unfortunately unless they plan to wait for launch green to go away before offering it. Red already disappeared from the dual R1 options.
I’m with you. I was a kid in the 80’s and I remember brown, copper, tan, black, and various shades of blue. My Dad bought my brother and I a used ‘89 Plymouth Horizon in 1994 that was gray.
I can't speak to the why of it all. But if I had to guess, black is a common fleet vehicle color, maybe that offsets some of the lack of personal black vehicle ownership?
I also think the take up rate will be lower on the R2 for the Midnight. On the R1, with that price point, you can swallow the additional cost. For $2k on the R2, that is premium color territory. Even if you abhor Catalina Cove and Borealis, I'd say you might as well get the HMG or Forest Green for cheaper. Or just take free silver altogether. Black cars are nice but maintenance to keep them clean is anything but premium.
Plymouth gang in the house! My first car was a 1983 Plymouth Turismo. It was black, but did have fancy red factory decals to boast about the 2.2 liter engine that delivered about 85 hp.I’m with you. I was a kid in the 80’s and I remember brown, copper, tan, black, and various shades of blue. My Dad bought my brother and I a used ‘89 Plymouth Horizon in 1994 that was gray.
There is some truth to the reduction in colors over the decades, but a parking lot in the 80’s did not look like a spilt bag of Skittles.
I did an image search for parking lots in the 80’s and here’s what came up.
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I had an Audi Fox in grad school.
Sounds cool. I had a love/hate relationship with my Plymouth Horizon In large part because I had to share it with my brother. I read recently that it was actually based on the Chrysler Horizon out of Europe, which also went by other brand names like Talbot. Looks like they got some cooler colors over there, but look, there’s the copper color I was talking about! My Dad had a Datsun that color.
Every body shop always says whatever color you have is the hardest to match.
