2 things 1. it's not that the colors are themselves bad, but that the author feels the trend is being forced upon their whole generation 2. there are a number

2 things 1. it's not that the colors are themselves bad, but that the author feels the trend is being forced upon their whole generation 2. there are a number of not-very-grey pastels that I've seen on the road: Subaru's Hyper blue WRX STI, Toyota's Voodoo blue 4Runners, Dodge's orange Challengers, soon Nissan's new yellow Z, ... so maybe the author is too focused on what they dislike Re: 1, it's funny because I always felt metallic colors were thrust upon us all for 20 years, a trend with its own missteps. Remember the green metallic early-00s Altimas? Worse than any grey pastel I've seen. But it doesn't indict the whole metallic category. Personally, one of our first family cars was a pastel close to butter. (nowadays, my car is silver metallic)