This article confused me because of the connotation with "new cars." All car paints used to look like this until more and mare cars started selling "metallic" c

This article confused me because of the connotation with "new cars." All car paints used to look like this until more and mare cars started selling "metallic" colors in recent decades, often for an extra cost. Look at old Volvo 240s for example, and very few of them have metallic colors, and usually only the higher end models. White, black, and red typically have always been and still are usually non-metallic colors. A few years ago I suddenly noticed that non-metallic paint became so rare that it looked striking, when in the past (mid 90s or earlier) it had been the opposite- metallic paint was rare and a car with it would really stand out. I strongly prefer the non-metallic look, and think it holds up better over time as well. It looks cleaner and simpler to me. I also prefer the look of Cellulose based paints used on mid-70s and older cars, which were even less glossy than modern non-metallic paints.