Why so many silver?!?! Clio sales figures for the UK

[Stig182]

Colour codes and numbers sold (172's in the UK)

1. 647 Titanium Silver, 934 sold in the UK
2. 000 Scarab Green, 172 sold in the UK
3. 676 Pearl Black, 117 sold in the UK
4. D44 Odyssey Blue, 116 sold in the UK
5. 640 Iceburg Silver, 99 sold in the UK
6. B76 Flame Red, 60 sold in the UK
7. 377 Sunflower Yellow, 31 sold in the UK

 

[Goodj]

Ph.1's looked great in silver?

 

[Stig182]

hmmm out of all the above and from my general jist of peoples views titanium is anywhere near as nice as compared to say ICEBERG which only sold less than a quarter as many?

titanium would have been my last choice (personal opinion)

anymore views on this?

 

[Cup_Phil]

It was a millenium era thing - silver was all the rage in 2000
One of my mates went to buy a white 106 gti and the salesman convinced him that silver would hold its value better and look better LOL

Silver was the highest seller by miles on 106's, the quiksilver was made exclusively in silver
Silver ph1 clios are common as hell

It's just one of those fad's

 

[Revels]

Titanium is a nicer colour.

It's not always what people spec. They just build them in popular colours. People will always want silver cars.

 

[GazST]

Only 99 Iceburg 172's? I thought there would be more

 

[Stig182]

It was a millenium era thing - silver was all the rage in 2000
One of my mates went to buy a white 106 gti and the salesman convinced him that silver would hold its value better and look better LOL

Silver was the highest seller by miles on 106's, the quiksilver was made exclusively in silver
Silver ph1 clios are common as hell


It's just one of those fad's

good point sir!

 

[plymcl172]

are these all ph1 or ph2 's ?

 

[Stig182]

are these all ph1 or ph2 's ?

ph1 i think dude

 

[plymcl172]

thought so .....

 

[Christopher]

Only 99 Iceburg 172's? I thought there would be more

They only offered it in the last 12 months of production.

 

[Christopher]

are these all ph1 or ph2 's ?

Ph1.

Odyssey & Sunflower weren't available on Ph2's.

Scarab Green was for the Exclusive.

 

[welshname]

Because silver is the greatest colour in the world?
<<<<<<<

 

[Eddie.]

Because silver is the greatest colour in the world?
<<<<<<<

LOL I actually thought about our conversation the other day when I saw this thread title!

 

[Cup_Phil]

Ironically silver cars are worth a lot less than any other these days because they're just so common.

 

[welshname]

LOL I actually thought about our conversation the other day when I saw this thread title!

LOL!

I didn't read the title correctly. If I had, my post would have been

BECAUSE RACECARs

 

[Eddie.]

LOL!

I didn't read the title correctly. If I had, my post would have been

BECAUSE RACECARs

FLOL!!!



Seems legit?!?

 

[Silent_Scone]

hmmm out of all the above and from my general jist of peoples views titanium is anywhere near as nice as compared to say ICEBERG which only sold less than a quarter as many?


titanium would have been my last choice (personal opinion)

anymore views on this?

Ok but how do you know for sure that you're not just saying that because Titanium is a colour you see a lot of? .

There were plenty of silver cars being sold back then! It was THE colour

 

[Christopher]

The guy we bought the 200 from had eleven new cars that he handed over on the 1st of March.

Out of those eleven, nine of them were white! lol.

People will be complaining about them in years to come.

 

[MikeoftheQuays]

Same reason why there's so many white cars these days I suspect

I prefer Titanium to Iceberg personally but then I am a bit biased in that regard. If you're getting a ph1 it's gotta be a flamer surely? They look ace.

Didn't BG considerably outsell Titanium in 182's? Shows how tastes change.

 

[welshname]

Ph1 flamer WILL be my first renaultsport.

 

[Gally]

<3 Titanium! Best Silver i've seen on any car. It's actually different.

 

[alex-avfc]

^ It's a very 'bright' silver with quite a lot of metallic fleck. Quite happy with it on mine.

 

[Revels]

I just thought so many cars were silver because it was easy to keep looking clean.

That's why I picked it. Lol.

 

[djjonnibgood]

Titanium looks truely epic on a nice sunny day after a good clean and polish!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

I prefer iceberg over titanium on the Phase 1.

It looks far too common on the Phase 2 though for some reason, probably just because there were only 99 built.

(1 of which i wrote off, another will be with me this week end lol)

 

[Christopher]

Titanium FTW. Miss mine.

That car was a freak. Brutal thing for a standard engine.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

You're a homosexual for getting rid of that

 

[Silent_Scone]

Even the ph1 in the advert was Silver lol

 

[EllD90]

Silver started getting into fashion around 2000...that's probably why!

 

[MikeoftheQuays]

Titanium looks truely epic on a nice sunny day after a good clean and polish!

This. My nextdoor neighbour has a silver Corsa. When I stick my freshly washed/polished/waxed Titanium Clio next to hers it shows what a lovely colour it is. The vauxhall looks so dull and flat in comparison.

The only problem is trying to clean the fucker in sunshine - You end up with a kind of snow-blindness as the flecks reflect so much sunlight. Gotta do it with sunglasses on!

 

[Chip-mk1]

It was a millenium era thing - silver was all the rage in 2000
One of my mates went to buy a white 106 gti and the salesman convinced him that silver would hold its value better and look better LOL

Silver was the highest seller by miles on 106's, the quiksilver was made exclusively in silver
Silver ph1 clios are common as hell

It's just one of those fad's

^ This

Lexus started doing silver cars in a big way and it sort of caught on for a few years.

 

[Stu.]

Sunflower FTW! Iceberg is the runner up

 

[Jonff]

Because silver is the greatest colour in the world?
<<<<<<<

But yours isn't silver? It's more of an orangey redish colour

 

[Christopher]

You're a homosexual for getting rid of that

It was on 91k over five years ago!

It died a few years ago now though. Cat B.

 

[welshname]

f**king troll.

 

[Revels]

It died a few years ago now though. Cat B.

Won't be long until Gaz buys it then.

 

[Christopher]

LOL!

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

FLOL!!!!!!!!!

I would love to say im buying his current Phase 1 to save it from the slaugther but my track record isnt exactly pearly lol

 

[Jonff]

f**king troll.

Sorry king troll