i looking for 2007 zircon blue xk but the trade magazine show it to be less than other colors. good for me but concern when resale.* i find zircon blue, seafrost, and any green to have best used car price or worse resale. must be the less desired colors?

 

Question is, are you buying the car for you or the next owner??

 

Totally agree with the guy above (sorry, don't know your name).

It depends if you intend to keep the car or move on to the next one in a couple of years.
The boring colours like Black/Grey/Silver etc. are supposedly easier to sell on.

If it's a keeper than get the one YOU like!
Be an individual

 

I'm with you guys, buy the colour you like and enjoy the car. In a few years time I don't think that colour will have a massive effect on resale value.

Unless of course if it is Sky Blue Pink with Yellow Dots.

That blue XKR in the post above looks mighty classy IMHO.

 

Graham put it so well for me that I'll just +1 his comments

 

Maybe it's me but when I saw a 2008 XK convertible in Botanical Green with the tan top and interior I went gaga and traded my Corvette Z06 in on it. Am picking it up in about 7 hours from the dealer near Chicago.

The rest of the Jaguar color pallet didn't wake any emotions in me, but this car SCREAM's Jaguar and reminds me of British Racing Green and spoke to my soul. This life time Corvette enthusiast and owner is buying a Jag.

How's that for what a color can do?

Tom

 

Tom
I beat you by 18 days. I picked up a 2008 CPO black/caramel XK Conv on March 19th, moving up from a 2003 Infiniti 6MT sports coupe. I love my colors also. That's what makes the world go round. I've been dreaming about a Jag conv since 1997, and now that the kids have their own cars, I have mine. However, I can still sympathize with one's concern about spending a lot on these cars and then having difficulty selling it down the road because of an unpopular color. But I guess having black, I will be OK and I love the color anyway. Best of Luck with yours.
Jay

 

resale is part of my thnking but small part. Keeping for 5 years. graham good color. i like.

 

If you are worried about resale, you shouldn't be buying a Jag Notorious depreciation is why I bought mine (nothing beats buying a car for around 25% of the original MSRP)

 

The Emerald Fire (Pearl British Racing Green) color '08 XK was on the Jag dealer's show room floor for nearly 7 months before I purchased it. This dealer basically starts with an above book asking price and drops the price $1000 each month, if the car still there.

So, I asked the salesman why this particular car had not sold for so long? He threw his hands up in the air and said it was probably the "color". People love colors but, do not buy them. They buy shades of grays, black, white, silver etc.

Funny thing is that I took the car to a different Jag dealer for some minor warranty service and the people there were falling all over themselves coming up to me and telling me what an absolutely gorgeous color this one was. Same with the average street people.

Go figure... at least, I am glad that i got it, I just love the color.

Albert

 

Please think of us poor blokes on the other side of the depreciation equation when you are buying them at 25% original MSRP haha! I just can't resist the new car feel.

He's right though, compared to depreciation, color's effect on resale value is a pittance. You might lose/gain up to $2k on your color choice but when the car depreciates 10,000 in a year... argh.

 

for me its all about condition. Notice when you see a car, any color and the body is perfect and it has a nice shine the car looks good. All the jags in my opinion have a very nice paint color. Mine is Porcelin white and the condition is pristine, so it looks awsome. As the car ages the color will be less and less important.