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My current car is bright-yellow. People often ask me whether the color selection was an error, or something went wrong during the order process or whatever. Th

My current car is bright-yellow. People often ask me whether the color selection was an error, or something went wrong during the order process or whatever. They are really confused and in disbelief when I tell them that no, it was intentional. The advantage (other than me just liking fancier colors and disliking the prevalence of grey in cars) is that I can find my car in even the largest parking lot from very far away, and that people instantly recognize me as it's seemingly the only yellow Mercedes-Benz in the town where I live (~100.000 inhabitants) ;-) Recently I overheard two kids (a boy and a girl, around 7 or so) who drove by my car on bicycles, loudly proclaiming "I would never drive a yellow Mercedes". I wanted to ask them why, but they were too quick (and probably embarassed that I overheard them). I would really love to know if it was their own (genuuine) dislike of the color yellow, or if it was something they acquired from their parents or something like that.

gilrain 4y ago
To choose both a bright color and a luxury make is signaling to people that you want them to notice your fancier than average car. They are responding to this perceived flaunting of wealth.
- yamazakiwi 4y ago
  It's children, they most likely just thought the yellow looked jarring compared to less loud colors they are used too.
enlyth 4y ago
To give you my personal opinion, yellow clashes with the elegant and sleek style of the brand Mercedes is trying to present. When I see a yellow car, I either think 'cheap run down taxi' or 'high end sports car', it doesn't fit with the mid range semi-luxury vehicles aesthetically. I guess it's because what we're culturally accustomed to.
BoxOfRain 4y ago
For what it's worth, I think yellow is the definitive colour for a 1970s British sports car: https://uploads.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/triumph/11851164.jpg https://uploads.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/triumph/118...
- Tarsul 4y ago
  That's orange. (I like it)
  - yamazakiwi 4y ago
    It's macaroni yellow

gilrain 4y ago

To choose both a bright color and a luxury make is signaling to people that you want them to notice your fancier than average car. They are responding to this perceived flaunting of wealth.

yamazakiwi 4y ago
It's children, they most likely just thought the yellow looked jarring compared to less loud colors they are used too.

enlyth 4y ago

To give you my personal opinion, yellow clashes with the elegant and sleek style of the brand Mercedes is trying to present. When I see a yellow car, I either think 'cheap run down taxi' or 'high end sports car', it doesn't fit with the mid range semi-luxury vehicles aesthetically. I guess it's because what we're culturally accustomed to.

BoxOfRain 4y ago

For what it's worth, I think yellow is the definitive colour for a 1970s British sports car: https://uploads.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/triumph/11851164.jpg https://uploads.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/triumph/118...

Tarsul 4y ago
That's orange. (I like it)
- yamazakiwi 4y ago
  It's macaroni yellow