What was the UK's favourite new car colour in 2017?

Black was the most popular colour for new car buyers in the UK in 2017.

According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, more than 500,000 black cars were sold last year, which accounted for 20.3% of all new car sales.

This was a change to 2016 when White was the most popular colour. The colour with the fastest growing demand in 2017 was gold, with demand up 19.1%, it still remained an extrovert choice with just 0.2% of the market.

The survey also revealed differences between regions, with black the colour of choice in southern England, but white still the most popular in northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.


Top 10 Car Colour Choices

1. Black (20.3%)
2. Grey (19.7%)
3. White (19%)
4. Blue (16%)
5. Silver (10.0%)
6. Red (9.9%)
7. Green (1.1%)
8. Orange (0.8%)
9. Bronze (0.5%)
10. Yellow (0.4%)

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Car tax evasion triples after paper tax disc scrapped

Since the paper tax disc was abolished the number of unlicensed vehicles on the road has tripled.

The data, published every two years, shows that the government potentially lost out on £107m from 755,000 unlicensed vehicles last year.

The RAC said the decision to get rid of the paper tax disc three years ago has proved "costly" when it should have saved the Treasury £10m a year.

"It appears that having a visual reminder was an effective way to prompt drivers into renewing their car tax - arguably more drivers are now prepared to try their luck and see if they can get away with not paying any vehicle tax at all, or are simply forgetting to tax their vehicle when they are due to."

When the abolition of the paper tax disc was announced by then-Chancellor, George Osborne, the Treasury said it showed government was moving "into the modern age".

The RAC said a third of untaxed vehicles had changed hands since September 2016, indicating that many drivers were not aware that tax does not carry over when ownership changes.

The seller receives a refund of any full months of remaining tax while the new owner must tax the vehicle immediately.

Pedestrians will avoid your car with this paint job!

Watch pedestrians scatter as you drive up the high street in a car with this paint job! whats even better we can supply parking sensors that wont interfere with the look of this custom paint job! check out our matches below:

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Maroon for the front and white for the rear!

Your friendly neighborhood spiderman

Found this one on distractify "Dear Sir or Madam, You may have noticed that your vehicle seems to have found itself in two parking spaces. The truth is, it actually fits in one. For the benefit of all humanity, please lower your parking space consumption. xoxo. Your friendly neighborhood spiderman"

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HOW on earth did that car get there?

Sometimes you just see something and the only thing you can say is "HOW!?"

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Parking Fail Compilation

Another compilation for you guys put together by youtuber MonthlyFails.

I particularly like the clip that demonstrates how if just one person parks badly this can have a knock on effect on everyone else.

Having a dirt covered car and parking in many spaces is just asking for trouble!

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I hit your car, i'm sorry!

I hit your car, i'm sorry! Theres only a scratch on the back left pannel. but because you looked rich, i'm not leaving my number Sorry!

 

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There are still good people out there that will leave their number when they hit your car

There are still good people out there that will leave their number when they hit your car

Hi, Thanks for leaving me a note on my windshield about the "nick" in my bumper! Don't worry about it! I'd rather know that there are some honest polite people in the world than to charge you for some little mistake.  We all make them! Have a great day and good karma will be coming your way! ... and thanks again for being a great person!!!!!

Wow thank you so much! Sorry about that and thank you too for being such a great person!

Cheers! No problem! Buy yourself a drink later to celebrate the good person that you are! Just don't drive after :) Haha

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Todays Parking Contest Winner

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Smart owner wins council battle over Smart sideways parking fine

The owner of a Smart car was fined £50 over a year ago for parking at a right angle to the kerb after a traffic warden insisted the car overlapped the bay markings.

The penalty has finally been overturned after the driver Vanessa Price, fiercely contested her case, claiming the parking maneuver was recommended by the Smart car's manufacturer.

An adjudicator at a parking penalty tribunal ruled no traffic regulation order had been breached, adding that while drivers have to park within marked bays in pay-and-display and permit-controlled zones, it is not enforceable in limited waiting spaces where Mrs Price had left her car.

The business owner told the Daily Mail: "I have parked like this in Stroud, London and Bristol and never had any trouble before. If you go to the Smart website they show you pictures of their cars parked in this way."

The legal battle between Mrs Price and the council lasted a year. A full refund was eventually issued. "It was a ridiculous process and there were no winners in the end," she added.

The law stipulates that at least one wheel needs to be wholly outside the markings of a bay for a fine to be issued except in the cases where a long vehicle overhang is causing an obstruction or preventing another vehicle from parking in an adjacent bay.

The Smart car, which gets its name from the Swatch Mercedes ART cooperative venture, measures around 2.7 metres in length and was introduced in the UK in 2000. The latest model will go on sale in early 2015.

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