Colour sense
Performance cars wear white better than others
Selling a white car will prove to be far easier if it carries a large engine or sporty body kit. It has been the big hitting colour of recent years, thanks no doubt to stylish white-wearers such as the Fiat 500 and VW Scirocco. But it still takes something special to properly pull off the colourless look – EurotaxGlass’s, the publisher of Glass’s Guide, has found that most cars are worth a fair chunk less on the used market than their metallic-hued counterparts. Cars that keep their value best in white tend to be sporty and German, with Porsche 911s and Caymans, the BMW M3, and Audi’s RS4 and R8 outlined as particular stars. Pick an S-line Audi or M Sport BMW and you should be okay, too – their pumped up bodywork helping them to retain values similar to any decent metallic. Get a stock A4 in white, though, and you’ll be around £1000 worse off when you sell it. Some manufacturers limit their white stock to around five per cent, meaning numbers remain limited and values stay high. A wise idea, says EurotaxGlass’s, who reckon an oversupplied market would see the white love affair come to an abrupt halt.
