Colour records

UK car colour records

Not just “grey is most popular”. The makes that dare, the models that go orange, and the colours that are vanishing — from the DVLA colour of cars on UK roads.

Most colourful make
Ferrari
70%
of its cars are something other than grey, white, black or silver — mostly red.
Most monochrome make
Mercedes-Benz
85%
of its cars are grey, white, black or silver.
Biggest riser
Grey
15% → 25%
of new cars, 2015 to 2022.
Fastest faller
Silver
12% → 6.0%
of new cars, 2015 to 2022.
Electric cars’ signature colour
Orange
1.3×
more likely on an electric car than on the average UK car (1.8% of EVs).
Most likely to be red
Škoda Citigo
30%
of them are red — the UK average is 8.7%.
Most likely to be blue
BMW M2
36%
of them are blue — the UK average is 15%.
Most likely to be green
Land Rover Defender
17%
of them are green — the UK average is 1.9%.
Most likely to be orange
Renault Captur
14%
of them are orange — the UK average is 1.3%.
Most likely to be yellow
Peugeot 208
12%
of them are yellow — the UK average is 0.9%.
Most likely to be white
Nissan E-NV200
82%
of them are white — the UK average is 21%.
Most likely to be purple
Toyota Urban
23%
of them are purple — the UK average is 0.3%.
Rarest colour on UK roads
Cream
1 in 1,292
cars — most often a Renault.