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[TomDirt]

So it turns out that yellow is the best car color FOR RESALE VALUE and gold is the worst?

 

[TomDirt]

This says purple is worse. However, the real reason to avoid a gold car like the plague is that it is considered a lucky color for the Chinese, who are categorically the worst drivers on the road. I learned this firsthand while living in Rosemead, CA. In that region, it was well known that Chinese homebuyers without much cash would buy their first home in El Monte, which is obviously a shlthole. Then, your next step was Rosemead, where prices went up by 50%. If you moved there, you probably had auto insurance. The next step was nearby Temple City, (which was a cool million way back in 2012), and the final step was to buy a home in Arcadia or San Marino, where the current median home price is $2.6M. Everybody in the San Gabriel Valley avoided buying gold cars smelling of kimchi & whiskey; because they had zero maintenance, been run into curbs, over speedbumps, and against parking lot walls.

 

[mprice1234]

This was published in March 2024

Vehicle Depreciation by Color - iSeeCars Study
Rank	Color	3-Year % Depreciation	$ Difference from MSRP	Compared to Overall Avg.
1	Yellow	13.5%	$6,588	0.6x
2	Beige	17.8%	$8,411	0.8x
3	Orange	18.4%	$7,023	0.8x
4	Green	19.2%	$8,719	0.9x
5	Red	20.6%	$8,538	0.9x
6	White	21.9%	$9,695	1.0x
7	Blue	22.0%	$9,216	1.0x
8	Gray	22.5%	$9,425	1.0x
Overall Average	22.5%	$9,674	–
9	Purple	22.7%	$8,840	1.0x
10	Silver	23.2%	$9,218	1.0x
11	Black	23.9%	$10,867	1.1x
12	Brown	24.0%	$10,305	1.1x
13	Gold	25.9%	$11,546	1.2x