{"id":2778,"date":"2023-06-20T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T03:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2023-06-20T11:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T03:02:05","slug":"heres-why-buying-a-yellow-car-might-be-a-bright-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2778","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why buying a yellow car might be a bright idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/896\/500\/z-side.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Test drive: 2023 Nissan Z\" width=\"896\" height=\"500\" data-v-b8a95802> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-b8a95802>Test drive: 2023 Nissan Z<\/h4>\n<p data-v-b8a95802>A rolling tribute to Nissan&#8217;s sports cars<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Yellow cars are solid gold\u2026 in the used car market.<\/p>\n<p>   <!--&gt; --><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A new report from iSeeCars has determined which color vehicles hold their value the best, and the more colorful the better.<\/p>\n<p>Well, usually.<\/p>\n<p> <!--&gt; --><\/p>\n<p>The study looked at 1.3 million transactions of three-year-old cars and trucks sorted by color to determine their depreciation.<\/p>\n<p><!--&gt;  \n\n<p>THIS FORD TRUCK IS THE VEHICLE MOST LIKELY TO LAST 250,000 MILES<\/p>\n\n --> <!--&gt; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/640\/320\/vettes.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"vettes\"> \n\n<p>Buyers of high-end models like the Chevrolet Corvette are more likely to order them in bright colors. (Chevrolet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yellow vehicles lost just 13.5% of their value during the period, compared to an average of 22.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It often tops the list, but not just because people like cheery bright cars.<\/p>\n\n-->   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/z-side.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Nissan Z profile\"> <\/p>\n<p>The Nissan Z sports car&#8217;s signature color is yellow. (Nissan)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s actually the least common car color in the U.S., accounting for just 1% of sales, which makes it a rarity on the used car market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yellow cars continue to represent the greatest disparity between how many are produced and how many people want one,&#8221; iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer said.<\/p>\n<p> <!--&gt; --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While not many people want a yellow car, there are clearly more people who want one than exist, which is why yellow performs so well on the secondary market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--&gt;   --> <!--&gt;\n\n<p>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FOX NEWS AUTOS NEWSLETTER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The once-ubiquitous beige finished second on the list at 17.8%, which reflects its recent shift toward becoming a niche color.<\/p>\n\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/nite-pony.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Mustang Nite Pony\"> \n\n<p>Black is one of the most common automobile colors. (Ford)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was followed by orange, green and red, while black, brown and actual gold were the three worst performers, the last of which saw an average depreciation of 25.9%.<\/p>\n\n-->   <!--&gt; --><\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s interesting to see how color rankings change across vehicle segments, reflecting the shift in preference based on the type of vehicle someone is buying,&#8221; Brauer said. &#8220;Even more interesting is the consistently low ranking of supposedly popular colors like black and silver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!--&gt; --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Test drive: 2023 Nissan Z A rolling tribute to Nissan&#8217;s sports cars Yellow cars are solid gold\u2026 in the used car market. 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