What color are most 550 Spyders??

With blood red interior. Just looks great.

 

I could not find any actual production numbers so did a quick survey based on vehicles on the market through two popular sites. Based on the numbers it may seem to indicate that people hate trying to keep a black car clean. On the other hand, I think that it safe to say that it only seems like 90% are silver.

Black 34
Silver 29
Grey 26
Yellow 9
Other 20

 

I've always associated silver with Porsche just like red and Ferrari. My 86, 930 was silver so is my 996tt.

 

My guess is because they wanted a color that would be more widely marketable. A silver car may not be everybody's favorite, but most people don't despise it. A yellow or red car is cool, but is little too much for some people. I like the silver personally, but Seal gray or white is my favorite.

 

Isn't silver the only color?

 

I ordered mine that way. It was the most popular color in 2001 for the 996tt.

 

Interesting. My "90%" was not based on actual numbers, just random observation. I looked on autotrader for turbo's in a 500mile radius of my zip (under a certain $$ amount) and all of them were silver. I was like: what the hell?!?

 

I believe, years ago, the car makes paid big $$ to a private marketing research company on what color was the most compromising of all. They figured that most car buyers come into the showroom are 2+ member family. If the husband wants blue and the wife wants red, they don't usually end up with one of these colors. They would most come up with a mutual agreement of a third color, which is silver.

 

Simple - Arctic Silver looks the best.

 

YES 2nd that!

 

i third it!

 

Ahh, you just beat me to it. I guess I'll 4th that then.

 

porsche got a deal on silver and if they keep paintin silver they don't hafta clean their guns a nite (well maybe thats a lie) i looked for almost a year to find a white one, my last was white. the one before that was blk.(always fun to wax)

loved the dk blue with tan . but whit matched all my other cars at the time and you seldom see white 996tt in ca. (then)

 

Silver is a nice color,its my second choice after white. I'm looking for a white 996 turbo for sale but cant seem to find one

 

mines not silver! its Seal Grey! I have a black car and it is a beach to keep clean, had a red car as well and it was just too much color. If I was ever fortunate enough to buy a Ferrari it would be red (or silver).

I also remembered Porsche's being silver growing up as well and I must say it looks pretty darn good when dirty and looks great when clean. I'd luv one of those Orange or Bright Green GT3s but just couldn't do it, heck two years later I'm still adjusting to driving a Porsche as it is. I was actually looking for a dark blue but couldn't find one at the time