Revealed: Britain’s favourite car colour for 2024

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Used EVs 'close to tipping point' where they become more popular than second-hand petrol and diesel cars, study claims

Demand for used electric vehicles could soon overtake that of equivalent petrol and diesel cars, according to a new study. Research carried out by the University of Exeter claims second-hand EVs may be 'close to a tipping point' where they become more popular than used internal combustion engine cars. Used EVs are 'close to tipping point' where they become more …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Surge in used EV sales powers used car market growth

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK’s used car market …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Five car brands with the most loyal customers: Tesla ranks second overall in huge poll of UK drivers

Daily Mail

Feedback from 23k owners reveals the car brand with best customer retention Choosing your next car is a big decision, but for many motorists they already have a good idea of the model they want next. The biggest driving factor for this is that four in five Tesla drivers said they've had a positive experience with the brand so far, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Demand for new cars falls by 2.5% in January

The Independent

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Chinese car sales surge in Britain but older drivers remain fearful of data threat and privacy security

Daily Mail

Chinese car brands are gaining an increasing stronghold on Britain's car market - but older drivers remain sceptical over concerns about privacy risk, market research says. Registrations figures for 2024 show a 14 per cent increase in sales of models from the four major Chinese brands now available in the UK: BYD, MG, Omoda and Ora. The Leapmotor T03 is …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Most stolen cars of 2024 REVEALED: A motor was pinched every 8 and a half minutes - is yours among the 20 models under threat?

Daily Mail

Some 61,343 cars were reported as stolen last year, which equates to one pinched every eight-and-a-half minutes, official figures have confirmed - and we can tell you if yours is among the models most at threat. 's analysis, the majority of stolen Fiestas are the Mk6 generation - produced between 2008 and 2017 - which accounted for 89 per cent …

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2 months ago

UK car making falls to 1950s levels as drive to go green wreaks havoc in the industry

Daily Mail

UK car production slumped to 1950s levels last year as the drive to go green wreaked havoc on the nation's motor makers. UK car production slumped to 1950s levels last year as the drive to go green wreaked havoc on the nation's motor makers, official manufacturing statistics show The SMMT insisted the decline in electric car production will be ‘temporary’ …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Dulux Colour of the Year 2025 revealed - and why experts say this surprising colour could give your home 'a new lease of life'

Daily Mail

SHOPPING — Contains affiliated content. Interior lovers are obsessing over the new Dulux Colour of the Year 2025 - and this adventurous new shade could even help you feel happier. Find out more Available at the mixing counter in selected Wickes stores, 'True Joy™ is this year's most fashionable colour Hailed as 'perfect' for feature walls, ceilings and creative details …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Number of petrol cars on the road has PEAKED this year - a 'seismic shift' to EVs is coming, experts say

Daily Mail

A 'genuine landmark' has been achieved this year with 18.7million petrol cars on the road. Auto Trader's latest motoring forecast is for volumes of cars running on unleaded will steadily decrease from 2025 onwards, tumbling to just 11.1million units by 2034 - a decline of 40 per cent. Petrol cars on the road have PEAKED: Auto Trader says numbers will …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Petrol cars on UK roads peaked this year in ‘genuine landmark’, report finds

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Mocha mousse' to plum: The nine paint colours that can transform your home

BBC

'Mocha mousse' to plum: The nine paint colours that can transform your home Joybird As Pantone's "colour of the year 2025" is announced, we explore the paint shades that are trending now – and find out which colours can improve our mood. The current trend for warm-toned beiges, browns and fawns, and for colours like thick, whipped, creamy hot chocolate, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Do you know which colour is making you look ten years older? Our fashion expert SHANE WATSON reveals the shades the over-50s should be wearing and the one they should NEVER touch

Daily Mail

Of all the fashion regrets I have, the big one is all the black I wore. The fashion term for it is ‘tonal dressing’: wearing different shades of one colour or colours that sit next to each other on the colour wheel – brown and caramel and camel, say. No more ‘brown is the colour of Autumn 2024’, there are …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain's most stolen cars revealed - so is YOURS one of them?

Daily Mail

The Ford Fiesta is the most stolen car in the UK, figures suggest. The analysis is based on the number of customers who reported a car stolen when looking for an insurance quote on Confused.com, meaning the true figures is likely to be even bigger. Within inner London, which logged the highest number of car thefts – nearly 30,000 since …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 sees record start to year for electric vehicle sales

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sales of electric vehicles have got off to a record start this year, the latest …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Ferrari show off new ‘blue’ car that will be used at Miami Grand Prix

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

Most stolen cars of 2023 REVEALED: A vehicle was pinched every 8 minutes last year - is yours in the top 10?

Daily Mail

A car was stolen in Britain every 8 minutes 12 seconds on average last year as motor theft rose by almost 5 per cent. We reveal the 10 that were pinched in the biggest numbers as DVLA stats reveal a big decline in Range Rover thefts The Ford Fiesta - Britain's most owned car - was reported stolen most frequently …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The 12 ways Britain's new car buying tastes changed in a decade

Daily Mail

Take a look at which fuels, vehicle types and brands prospered - and which didn't Much can change in a decade – and that includes the world of motoring. Last year, that ratio fell to fewer than one in 13 MARKET SHARE BY FUEL TYPE - DIESEL 2013: 49.8% 2023: 7.5% - PETROL 2013: 48.8% 2023: 47.4% - ALTERNATIVE FUEL …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The colours of 2024

The Hindu

The end of the year is a time to ruminate on things soon to be past and newness that will soon be part of the present. It’s also the time when paint companies and trend forecasters anoint their “chosen one”, that one colour that they believe will rule in the new year. Sue Wadden, Sherwin-Williams’s director of colour marketing, said …

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1 year, 4 months ago

The ONE MILLIONTH electric car will be on the road in February 2024, experts predict

Daily Mail

Even with dwindling sales, Cap Hpi says the millionth will be on the road soon Registrations are being driven by fleets - fewer than 1 in 4 new EVs bought by private drivers The UK is on course for its one millionth fully electric car to be on the road within just a matter of months. Even with demand for …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda are ‘most-trusted’ brands among used car buyers

Live Mint

Spinny, a used-car retailing platform has released its quarterly report for Q1, 2023. According to it, Hyundai Creta, Maruti Suzuki Baleno and Renault Kwid are the top-three selling used vehicles in the country. As per Spinny quarterly results, a total of 65% of its buyers were first-time car buyers in the first quarter of 2023. In terms of popularity of …

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2 years ago

What’s happening to the color of L.A. cars? Inside the obsession with muted earth tones

LA Times

Two vehicles painted in muted earth tones — a Porsche Panamera, left, and a Jeep Wrangler — were parked a few spaces from each other on Larchmont Boulevard in Los Angeles on Feb. 13. It was, said Mark Dahncke, Audi of America’s director of communications, the first “solid gray on the market,” referring to paint that lacks sparkle. Drury believes …

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2 years, 2 months ago

SMMT figures show new car sales fell to lowest level in three decades

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The SMMT said the decline was due to manufacturers …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Make a colourful statement in 2023

The Hindu

There’s still a month before we step into 2023, but our homes can do that before the clock strikes the witching hour on December 31. Pantone’s choice: Viva Magenta Described as “a nuanced crimson tone” that balances warm and cool, Viva Magenta is “an unconventional shade for an unconventional time”, Pantone said in a statement. Sue Wadden, director of colour …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Black-coloured cars more prone to accidents? Here’s what Anand Mahindra says

Live Mint

Industrialist Anand Mahindra is famous for sharing witty, motivational, and thoughtful posts. The billionaire regularly shares a wide variety of information in the form of photo posts or video posts with his 9.8 million Twitter fan base. He lampooned a Twitter page called 'World of Statistics' that claimed that black-coloured cars are more prone to road accidents. As per the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

New car market grows for second month in a row

The Independent

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2 years, 9 months ago

Why your favourite colour is probably blue

BBC

Why your favourite colour is probably blue Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images From a young age we are primed to choose a favourite colour, but strangely as we grow up our preference often changes – and it's largely due to influences outside our control. Melpomenem/Getty Images Perhaps surprisingly, our preference for colour changes as we get older, largely due to our experiences …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Thanks to ColourNext, I Now See How The World Around Me Affects My Decor Choice

The Quint

So How Did They Do It? This is not something I really thought about but the more I look at the reasoning behind the palette and decor choices in ColourNext 2022, the more I realize how natural it is. In the 7-months long exercise, first, without limiting the scope to merely the home-decor industry, they scoured the entire globe for …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Britain's most-nicked motors of 2021 revealed as car thefts rise 3%

Daily Mail

There was a 3 per cent rise in motor thefts in Britain last year, official records show - and we can exclusively tell you which models were targeted most. The Ford Focus was the third most commonly pinched model, according to DVLA records provided to LeaseLoco following an FOI request last month The VW Golf, another popular car in Britain, …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Weekly Bytes | BMW’s colour-changing car, Alexa’s flight to the Moon, and more

The Hindu

BMW’s colour-changing car BMW has unveiled a car that can change its colour at the driver’s prompting. This week, BMW also previewed a 31-inch panorama display with smart TV functions that extends out of a car’s roof to offer an immersive in-car entertainment experience for the rear-seat passengers. The payload includes technology that will allow Alexa to work without an …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Barely cleaner: How green are hybrid cars?

Live Mint

Hybrid cars are increasingly popular in the European Union as eco-conscious drivers turn away from their more polluting petrol and diesel counterparts, but environmentalists warn they're not as green as they seem. In the third quarter of this year, 20.7 percent of cars sold in the bloc were new hybrid versions whose batteries are recharged by collecting wasted energy from …

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3 years, 5 months ago

New car registrations fall to lowest level since 1998

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An ongoing global shortage of …

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3 years, 6 months ago

BMW Tops List of Most Shared Car Brand on Instagram, Audi Q8 Tops Popularity Chart

News 18

BMW, Audi and Mercedes are the car manufacturers whose models are the most popular on Instagram. Photos depicting models from these brands are the most numerous on the network, in proportion to their sales figures, with the Audi Q8 topping the bill as the most popular car on Instagram. The Audi Q8 is the car that people like to share …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Toyota Yaris named the most reliable popular car in Britain

Daily Mail

The Toyota Yaris has been crowned the most reliable popular used car in Britain by a new study. Yaris is the reliability yardstick: Of the 10 most-registered car models in the UK, Toyota's supermini has been deemed the best for few faults and low repair bills Vehicle warranty specialist MotorEasy has crunched the numbers from its data to create a …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Drivers predict there will be more electric cars than diesels in the UK by 2030

Daily Mail

The general consensus among motorists is that there will be more electric cars on UK roads by 2030 than diesels, a huge poll of drivers has found. Diesel to be overtaken by electric by 2030: Motorists have had their say and believe there will be more zero-emission cars on the the road by the end of the decade than oil …

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4 years, 5 months ago

New regulation will guarantee supply of EVs to the UK post-Brexit

Daily Mail

Fears that the supply of electric cars to the UK will dry up next year have been quashed after the government set out strict carbon emissions targets for manufacturers. Reports emerged this week that car makers would focus supplies of their latest electric vehicles to Europe in order to meet tough CO2 emissions regulations put in place by the EU. …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Climate crisis: ‘Ban ads for polluting SUVs’ campaign urges, highlighting damaging trend for ever larger vehicles

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Advertising the most polluting cars on the roads – predominantly large Sports Utility Vehicles – …

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4 years, 10 months ago

What you didn’t know about colour

BBC

What you didn’t know about colour Ruth Ward Unpredictable and accidental combinations are gaining currency in design and textiles. Essentially, the Colour of the Year idea is a PR exercise.” Ruth Ward Ptolemy Mann’s artworks in woven textiles explore unusual colour combinations “A growing concern for sustainability is seeing a big change in the colour-forecasting industry,” says Calzada Oliveira. ‘In-between …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Beyond #BlueTwitter: Why Pantone’s colour of the year is our symbol of hope

Live Mint

In an almost prescient move, in December 2019 colour institute Pantone announced that the colour of the year for 2020 would be Pantone-19 4052, or Classic Blue. Carl Sagan’s ‘pale blue dot’ marked the colour as a symbol of mankind’s thriving life in the known universe. The colour is also a part of India’s national flag, in the Ashok Chakra, …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Electric cars in Europe would only cut global CO2 emissions by 0.4%

Daily Mail

If all European motorists switched to electric cars it would barely put a dent in the world's carbon dioxide emissions, an industry expert warned this week. Roberto Vavassori, president at CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, said CO2 outputs would fall by just 0.4 per cent if all vehicles in Europe were replaced with pure electric models overnight. Little …

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6 years, 2 months ago

Ford might be the leading brand, but Volkswagen is the real force in the new car market

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6 years, 6 months ago

Drivers of low emission cars may receive green number plates as a 'badge of honour'

The Independent

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6 years, 7 months ago

Light Blue Sticker For Petrol/CNG, Orange For Diesel Vehicles In NCR By Oct 2, Orders SC [Read Order]

Live Law

Rs 15 cr to IOC to study mix of hydrogen-CNG as cleaner fuelWorried about the air pollution situation in Delhi, the Supreme Court has directed that hologram-based colour code stickers be put on vehicles for identification of type of fuel being used—light blue for petrol/CNG and orange for diesel vehicles.The court also suggested considering green stickers for hybrid vehicles which …

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6 years, 7 months ago

Light Blue Sticker For Petrol/CNG, Orange For Diesel Vehicles In NCR By Oct 2, Orders SC [Read Order]

Live Law

Rs 15 cr to IOC to study mix of hydrogen-CNG as cleaner fuelWorried about the air pollution situation in Delhi, the Supreme Court has directed that hologram-based colour code stickers be put on vehicles for identification of type of fuel being used—light blue for petrol/CNG and orange for diesel vehicles.The court also suggested considering green stickers for hybrid vehicles which …

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6 years, 8 months ago

More than half of motorists plan to swap diesel for eco-friendly cars, study claims

The Independent

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6 years, 11 months ago

Car thieves go green: More electric and hybrid vehicles are stolen

Dutch News

The theft of electric cars is soaring and a total of 80 electric vehicles have been stolen so far this year, the car crime watchdog AVC said on Friday. Toyota is the most popular among electric car thieves, with 55 of its hybrid cars stolen so far this year. The market, so far, is miniscule, but the Netherlands is the …

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6 years, 11 months ago

Car thieves go green: More electric and hybrid vehicles are stolen

Dutch News

The theft of electric cars is soaring and a total of 80 electric vehicles have been stolen so far this year, the car crime watchdog AVC said on Friday. Toyota is the most popular among electric car thieves, with 55 of its hybrid cars stolen so far this year. The market, so far, is miniscule, but the Netherlands is the …

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7 years ago

Get Ready To See ‘Gen Z Yellow’ Everywhere This Spring

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LOADING ERROR LOADING For the past year, Millennial Pink appeared to be the color that just wouldn’t quit. But there’s a new color ready to take over our Instagram feeds ― they call it mellow Gen Z Yellow. Instead, Haley Nahman at Man Repeller wrote, it’s about “several shades, from buttercream to melted butter and beyond.” “By 2018, the entire …

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