The new generation of the Chevrolet Spark , which was formally launched last month and a half , but still has no official price, not at all like the old Spark that GM Argentina sold in our country during the past three years.
Platform changed, changed the motor, changed the size and improved equipment. And prices rose enough: we know it will cost “about 70 thousand dollars” . But one thing remained unchanged: its bold palette.
The old man could handle Spark in shades like orange so curious peach , yellow Highway and Green Apple . With the latter color was painted on the unit that handles November 2008 .
The new Spark spares no space on your palette and proposes: Cocktail Green , Carbon Flash Black, Misty Lake , Blue Morocan, Switchblade Silver and Red Velvet
The unit is currently in the garage Autoblog is painted in delicate turquoise called Ice Teal .
In addition to asking who is the head that puts you name the colors of certain cars, all this leads me to question why there are so few models that offer a range of varied shades as well.
And the answer is simple: there is no demand.
OK, I’m the first to admit: I never buy a car turquoise, but I also admit that, except I had a red convertible at a stage of pop – I can not feel proud of the originality of the colors of the cars bought over of my life.
It happens that, when choosing the two or three shades of preferred vendors that they ask the dealers, I tend to think more in your pocket with the retina.
Perhaps you would pass the same: “Hmmm, if I choose a color rare and bizarre, tomorrow it may be difficult to find someone who wants to buy as used” .
It is a mistake. For just as I may like a color exotic, tomorrow there will be someone who seeks it as used.
But for fear of what might happen in the future, the truth is that we all end up driving cars with the colors dull and predictable, just so maybe in two or three years, the car easier to sell. Nonsense.
But not only in Argentina. According to the ranking popularity of colors that spread every year on automotive paint manufacturer DuPont , the world’s most popular colors are fairly predictable: black (25%), black (23%), white (16%), gray (13 %), blue (9%), red (8%), brown / beige (4%), green (1%), yellow / gold (1%).
No orange or turquoise. Neither morocans or switchblades .
Maybe I’m too judgmental, fearful or conservative to choose one of these pigments, but I have to admit one thing: I’m happy when I pass in traffic to someone who dared to put a little color to the street.
