NamWheels top5 List

top5 NAMIBIAN CAR COLOURS

Welcome to a regular NamWheels feature: our top 5 car-related list. Have you ever wondered which is the most popular vehicle colour in our country? Well, we have! It’ s fairly easy to see that white and silver are the most popular, but we ’ re always delighted to see a great mix of other automotive hues around the highways and city streets. Which one is your favourite, maybe one that didn ’t make this list? Feel free to send us your comments or feedback: info@namwheels.com

HOW WE MEASURED THIS

Umm, this list was composed in mid September 2022 while we weere bombing around the upper parts of our beautiful country, with a lengthy return trip to the capital via some coastal towns. Omitted from these observations are the far eastern and northern areas, as well as the very southern coastal bits of Namibia. WHITE

SILVER

REDS

BLUES

GREYS & BLACK

This should come as no surprise; for quite a few reasons. Firstly, white is a great choice when the annual rainfall is 2mm and the sun bakes down on us relentlessly for 364.5 days per year. Secondly, white cars are very visible on the road and easy to clean or repair, which makes them so popular with hard-working southern Africans. Did someone say South Africa? Call it a sheeple syndrome or just plain supply issues: white cars are always available from the factories.

What do you get when you want the cool nature of white but with some extra sparkle to it? Well, besides pearl white, a silver car is just as easy to spot in traffic or to keep looking shiny. The only downside to this colour is that any respray work is We spotted quite a few red or maroon cars around the coastal parts of our country but want to note that a large proportion of them were older and/or imported vehicles. Compared to South Africa, Namibia certainly has As one of our favourite colours for most vehicles, we certainly approve of the many blues we’ve seen around the country; be it light/baby/powder blue, various metallic hues, navy or dark blue. The darker shades of blue are not only difficult to And the hottest vehicles of them all - literally and figuratively - are usually black ones! Nothing gives a car a classy, sinister or executive look like a deep coat of premium Schwarz. However, this is the most problematic colour to difficult to blend; meaning that most experts will be able to spot a repaired/sprayed panel. Silver follows white as a popular factory colour in our region, also adding a kind of (herd-mentality) resale assurance to any new car buyer. more colourful traffic and we have two theories for this: As a very vibrant nation, Namibians show their love for colour when purchasing a new car! Or secondly, the dealer could not secure any other stock from SA... keep clean but are also hard to spot on a hazy road. Repairs can be difficult (or expensive) as the spray work has to be perfectly matched to all the other body panels. Dark blue cars are also hotter in summer, which brings us to the next colour... own as it’s almost impossible to keep clean, jolly difficult to spot in any road or lighting condition, and shows up any imperfections immediately. The same goes for greys but we find that medium and brown tones of grey are the best at hiding dirt!

DISCLAIMER This text is only here to inform you that our information is given without guarantees or liability. Also, most of these lists are just for fun, so we recommend reading them with a generous pinch of salt!

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