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If you stop to notice, it isn't just the auto industry. I often look at new subdivisions in my area (there are MANY) and most every house is white or some shade of tan/sepia/beige. I attribute that to the advent of vinyl siding. You can't change the color of your house every few years with a coat of paint so they make colors that will appeal (at least not offend) anyone.

Don't you think the same is probably true of the auto industry? Why be stuck with a few bold colors that are harder to sell, when you can always get someone to buy an unobtrusive silver/black/white?

Not that I am saying it's ok though! I like bold colors or colors that are different from most other cars. I love my super red rs6! :cheers:

 

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My house is brick with red shutters . . .
I like color.

(The silver was the best option for my original plan to repaint mine green or blue. But, the economy and job issues intervened and I can't afford my planned paint. I figured the exposed silver parts in the engine bay would just look "metal" . . . )

I think your situation is a little different though. As you have stated several times in various threads, colors like silver and white make great base colors for modding. (Painters don't generally start with a neon green canvas. They use white.) You don't drive just a plain silver xB. You've added reds and blacks and it looks great and unique.

That is one thing about my red rs, there aren't a lot of colors that I think would look good as accent colors - mostly black/gray or white.

Sorry if I've gotten us off topic.

 

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I don't know how you get brown from blackberry crush. It def looks burgundy to me. That is actually the color I had decided on purchasing. When I went to the dealership I saw the rs 6 (didn't even know what an rs was at the time) and bought that instead.

 

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So about Toyota not promoting the Scion brand...

I rarely see tv ads for Scion. I think I have seen one 2 or 3 times during The Daily Show (the Zeus one), but never on a Chicago market station. Chicago is a large market too. Is it just the Midwest being ignored or do the coasts not get ads either?