While the make, model and age of your vehicle are factors in determining your auto insurance premium, you may be surprised to hear that the color of your vehicle is not.
Vehicle color however is a factor in its resale value, according to a study by iSeeCars which compared the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Prices (MSRP) of more than 650,000 recently sold 3-year-old used vehicles.
The study found that the vehicle color that tends to hold value best is yellow – which lost only 4.5% depreciation in the 3-year time period.
“Because yellow vehicles are so novel in the secondhand marketplace, people are willing to pay a premium for them,” said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer.
Rounding out the top five vehicle colors that tend to hold their values are orange, purple, red and green, the iSeeCars study found. Those colors depreciated between 10.7% and 14% of their MSRP in the same 3-year period.
The vehicle colors that have the highest depreciation are brown and gold due to their rarity.
“If a color doesn’t resonate with enough used car shoppers it will hurt resale value, even if it’s uncommon,” Brauer said.
The study found that because black, white and silver are the most common colors and are in steady supply, they won’t hurt the vehicle’s resale value but they also won’t help a vehicle maintain its value.
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