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Some tell me it looks feminine' , but I don't see it on the XKR.
Checking a 2014 white on black for sale, still looks very sporty to me.
I wonder if this effect value..............
Reminds me of my 2000 Honda S2000 I bought new. It was white on red. It set in the dealer's showroom floor for over 10 months, and every morning driving to my office, I would pass it by and peeked thru the window - they could not get rid of it , until I bought it in the middle of a December snow storm.
These days, this color combo is considered top choice and most sought after in the used S2000 world. Go figure.....
I have a black coupe and am female. I like the monochromatic look it has with it's silver wheels, but white can still look nice. I never thought the white Testarossa on Miami Vice looked feminine, or really cared.
Honestly, it might affect interest but not value. I owned a Metallic Brown Corvette; I loved the color, and the next guy did too. I once got a comment about how mint it was, but it was a shame it was such an ugly color; thanks Wendy's drivethru guy! There are people who love white, and aren't likely going to pay less.
Cars have replaced horses today. So is a white horse feminine? Absolutely not. Heroes ride white horses, so if anyone tells you your white Jag is feminine, tell them that they're full of horsespit.
The most famous white horse of all time was ridden by the Lone Ranger,, the greatest cowboy hero of all time. Because "Hi-Yo Snow" sounded lame, the horse was named "Silver". No one could tell the difference because movies and TV were in black-and-white, and white looked like silver on screen. Very interesting story here: Wild Fire's Lone Ranger Pics with Silver
3 months ago after searching for a year I bought the exact same car Pam Anderson has in the above picture but with a caramel interior. It was a one-owner car with 35k miles and still smelled new inside. Yes, it was owned by a woman and was in pristine condition. I could care less, I was thrilled to be able to purchase an $85,000 car in that condition for $19,000. Everyone who sees or gets in the car cannot believe it's 11 years old. I also drive a lifted F-250 riding on 37 inch tires and a raked Harley-Davidson Night Train.
The most important thing when buying an older car is to try and find the best maintained example. There are no guarantees but I try to hedge my bets.
As I mentioned before color is a personal choice. If you take a look at the top colors of cars sold it tells the tale of what the average person likes. The other problem is finding a used car in the color of your choice. You either wait for one to show up or you settle for something you can live with. So the most popular colors are white , black , silver or gray. Whether they reflect various genders is in the mind of people's personal taste. If you have to settle and want to change with the depreciation you get buying one of these cars just go out and get it wrapped. Enjoy your ride as life is short.
"The most important thing when buying an older car is to try and find the best maintained example. There are no guarantees but I try to hedge my bets." Exactly . This is why this white one is on my radar. For me, also low(ish) miles, and part of country it lived in are also considerations
When I was looking white was not on my list of colors, however after seeing the car in person, seeing the Carfax, seeing the "Silver" maintenance contract from Jaguar in the glove box and driving the car white became my favorite color
Also, I've seen some recent threats about price of the older 4.2 MY cars, I don't care what anybody says, after a year of searching a truly clean low mileage one owner N/A version will bring 20K ( there were two examples that had less than 30k on the clock and each brought 22k), the same condition XKR will bring 25k easy. IMHO I think those prices are Justified for those very clean low mileage and well cared for cars.
Car colors are a sign of the times, and reflect the buyer's emotions. These days, as Jagtoes said, "the most popular colors are white, black, silver or gray." White and black are unemotional, gray is for someone who can't decide between black or white, and silver is for the undecided extrovert. All hearses are black and all battleships are gray, and most people aren't happy to be transported in either. We're worried about war with Iran, NORK, Russia, China, ISIS and the political divide in the USA. The only Happy Times are reruns on TV.
Back in the day - the '50's - WWII was over, GIs brought MGTCs home from England, Elvis was King, and we Rock 'n Rolled Around the Clock. Cars were every pastel color you could imagine, and many were two-tone. Those were fun and happy times. And hearses were black and battleships were gray.
I see a few pastel color cars today. They're all driven by optimists, whose glasses are always half full.
I saw this again and thought, you know the XJS and the E Type both look really good in white BTW. My dad had a very early E Type OTS and it was white and looked REALLY good.
The Suzuka Blue was considered the feminine color on the S2000 and happen to be the color I owned. I don't see car colors in masculine/feminine. The shape of the car speaks more to that IMO.
05-23-2019, 03:36 PM
white XKR vert 'feminine?
