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[US] When's the last time you saw a car other than red, black, blue, gray, or white on the road? (feddit.org)

submitted 1 day ago by ki4jgt@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When's the last time you saw a car other than red, black, blue, gray, or white on the road?

Like, what happened to all the pinks, purples, oranges, yellows, and greens I remember from the 90s?

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[–] CocaineShrimp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

My theory of because of the rental fleet to used car lots flow. Rental fleets will buy newer cars, then sell them back to the dealerships so they can sell them as used cars. It's much easier to sell generic coloured cars, than highlighter piss yellow