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I’d argue new car designs are not very inspiring, so naturally people are choosing the colours that compliment the feeling they get from the car. No sense putting lipstick on a pig. Also the resale argument is a factor that wasn’t apparent in the past. You’d buy a car for keeps and it would be your car, these days hanging onto a car more than a few years is a huge liability when it comes to maintenance costs.
Someone is suckered by the car industry.
Warranties are long and your insane if you think spending $40k or more on another car every few years is better than servicing a warranted car for 7 years...
Used car market is much more favourable than it used to be for sellers so it’s a no brainer for people that like the latest of everything and always want new tech. Cars aren’t machines any more and have electronics, batteries and subscriptions, it’s shit and I don’t buy into it but you can see how little people will care about personality of the vehicle vs the status it provides as-is