Mycarcheck.com reveals top 5 used car colours

Mycarcheck.com reveals top 5 used car colours
+ new data shows two-tone cars are more likely to be stolen
 
 
 
 
A new report by mycarcheck.com has shown the UK's five most popular used car colours to be: 1) Black 2) Silver 3) Blue 4) White and 5) Grey. It also revealed that two-tone cars are more likely to be stolen.
 
22.68% of all searches conducted on mycarcheck.com in 2016 were for black cars, an almost identical performance to the previous year, ahead of silver (20.93%) and blue (16.89%).
 
Gavin Amos, head of valuation services at mycarcheck.com, said: "The top five colours were all about average in terms of write-off, finance and stolen risks, but two-tone cars were significantly more likely to be stolen. For example, 5.56% of black & silver cars, and 2.83% of black & red cars, were listed as stolen, compared to a top 20 makes average of 0.92%. The main reason for this is sporty models tending to have two-tone colour schemes - they're targeted by thieves because they're desirable cars. In the new car market, white has been the top colour for a while, and grey is also on the up, so it will be interesting to see if these trends are replicated in the used car market over the next couple of years."
 
The full Making Better Used Car Choices 2017 report is online at: https://www.mycarcheck.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MyCarCheck-vehicle-check-search-data-insight-report-2016?utm_source=BlogPost&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=2016Report
 
With information from the police, DVLA, insurers and finance houses, mycarcheck.com holds comprehensive data on every vehicle on UK roads - things that buyers should be aware of before making an offer.
 
CDL Vehicle Information Services, which owns mycarcheck.com, performs over a million look-ups a day for companies including AutoExpress, CompareTheMarket, Go-Compare, Moneysupermarket, Swiftcover and Tesco.
 
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Hi res images are available on request.
 
My Car Check, My MotorCycle Check, MyCarCheck Trade, My Text Check and the My Car Check apps are brands of CDL Vehicle Information Services, owned by CDL Group Holdings Ltd of Stockport, Cheshire.
 
CDL Vehicle Information Services is a member of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA), the Consumer Credit Trade Association (CCTA), the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA), the Motor Asset Registration Service (MARS), the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA) and the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA).
 
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