Or any color exterior with a brown interior for that matter, but black and brown are the worst. I have also seen some with a white or "ivory" interior. WTF?

I would blame the manufacturers for making them, but obviously they sell.

In case you can't tell, I'm still looking for a car to replace my Equinox with the blown engine and I'm seeing way too many cars with brown (or "bisque") interiors. Just can't do it.

Yeah, that’s a hard pass for me.

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I had no idea that some people were against brown. Then again, there are a lot of browns. I'm in a couple of facebook groups where a brown interior is considered the "best" choice -

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Brown leather and green kind of works (although I happen to not really like green). Still, gray or black is better.

Brown cloth and black exterior is just wrong. Like wearing a black suit with brown shoes.



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Hmm. Yeah these are quite sought after

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Hey, what is wrong with people who buy cars with black, grey or white exteriors? They are soooo ugly and boring. Can we puhleeze have some colors again like they used to have in the good ol' days? Heck, how about some sweet two tone paint jobs.

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Hey, what is wrong with people who buy cars with black, grey or white exteriors? They are soooo ugly and boring. Can we puhleeze have some colors again like they used to have in the good ol' days? Heck, how about some sweet two tone paint jobs.

My last car was "phantom black" and I liked it. Our current car we almost got in black, but it wasn't available. Someone down the street has one now, and I'm glad we didn't get black. It's just plain black, and it's rather meh. The phantom black car was metallic and had a lot of depth to it.

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It’s like brown shoes with a blue suit.

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It’s like brown shoes with a blue suit.

Whoa, that’s my color combo and I look pretty spiffy in it, too.

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BMW had a color called Anthracite. Really nice "color".

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That is lovely!

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Hmm. Yeah these are quite sought after

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It’s like brown shoes with a blue suit.

I hate that, but I like brown boots with a blue jeans!

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We did the black exterior/black interior. The car was an oven and a half in the summer. Never again.

I dunno about that. I've been drooling over this interior for a while.

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Brown and black go well together despite what somebody told you when you were a kid

Brown and black go well together despite what somebody told you when you were a kid


Exactly.

I'd not be keen on a brown exterior with black interior, but not because it's 'wrong'.

However, I have seen black exteriors with brown leather interiors that look great, and depending on the shade of brown, I'd have that over the current black/gray interior I have now.

Black is a tough color to keep clean, but washed and waxed it's my absolute favorite color, especially on a car with with sleek and/or swoopy lines.

There are some colors I like on some cars, but as mentioned, colors are few and far between these days.

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I drove a black/black Tesla 3 for a number of years. When I went to get my BMW i4, my wife gently suggested I get black exterior and dark tan interior. I wasn't sure at first, but I really like the look. A little bit of contrast works great.

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Here in the south, I refuse to have a black interior. You will bake instantly. I went with a maroon exterior and an Aluminum (grey) interior. I could not get any color other than black seats. I personally hate the black seats, but at least they are ventilated up front. My kids complain that the seats are super hot in the summer. Go figure.

Soooooo black interior? Hard Pass for me. Black exterior? Too much dirt is seen. However, these are all personal preferences. YMMV.

I have a Pacifica hybrid.

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Peasant!

I ordered white/white for my current car. A little tough to keep clean but it's usually tolerable getting in as long as the outside temp is below 85 F. Even with sun shades in windshield and side windows, my light bronze Mazda would get up to 135 F sitting in Sacramento parking lots.

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Hey, what is wrong with people who buy cars with black, grey or white exteriors? They are soooo ugly and boring. Can we puhleeze have some colors again like they used to have in the good ol' days? Heck, how about some sweet two tone paint jobs.

It's a classic vicious circle...

When people aren't buying colors the manufactures stop producing colors, but...

If the manufacturers aren't producing colors, buyers can't buy them, but...



However, didn't we thrash this out 8 years ago?
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I like my black truck with caribou accent stripe. Looks sharp. Tan leather interior doesn't get too hot. Many like the look of my truck.

At least brown leather makes sense. It's naturally brown--or at least I think it is (not that I actually know anything about various animal skins).

Brown cloth is what I have a beef with. Actually, I don't care for brown anything, car exteriors, interiors, shoes, clothes, etc.

And to be clear, I hate brown car exteriors even more than brown (cloth) interiors.

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Brown and black go well together despite what somebody told you when you were a kid

Disagree!



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Those of you with black interiors… welcome to first and second degree burns in the summer in the south. Those of you with white interiors… are you , like, living an aseptic life in a bubble ?

Brown, grey… live your life, it won’t show dirt as well.

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Those of you with black interiors… welcome to first and second degree burns in the summer in the south. Those of you with white interiors… are you , like, living an aseptic life in a bubble ?

Brown, grey… live your life, it won’t show dirt as well.

Ceramic window tint and remote start take care of those problems.

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Those of you with black interiors… welcome to first and second degree burns in the summer in the south. Those of you with white interiors… are you , like, living an aseptic life in a bubble ?

Brown, grey… live your life, it won’t show dirt as well.

Ceramic window tint and remote start take care of those problems.

Yep, did that to my BROWN VW Passat TDI wagon. It looks pretty sharp and the light tint is still very effective. Son in south Texas loves it.

Ok, paint is officially called Mayan Red, kind of a dried blood color or a cross between purple and brown.

Ps. Interior is a beige leather. Only four examples were made by VW of this color combination in 2004.

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Some car brown interiors look great, and paired with black exterior can be stunning. To each his own, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, etc. I don’t care for cars with white or gray exteriors, but they sure are popular. Decades ago people came up with opinions that certain colors don’t go together for cars, fashion, etc. But there are no set rules. Get what you like and not care what others think. That is the beauty of art, something for everyone.

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I like this color interior:



Although the plushness makes it a borderline pimpmobile.

Or this:



I'd still rather have a gray interior.

On the other hand, I really don't like a gray exterior (I do like a metallic silver, however).

I'm actually liking, to a degree, the battleship grey we are seeing on some cars of late. I mean, hey, if you're going to eschew colors altogether, that's a great statement.

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When are they bringing back baby blue velour interior?

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I like this color interior:



Although the plushness makes it a borderline pimpmobile.

Or this:



I'd still rather have a gray interior.

On the other hand, I really don't like a gray exterior (I do like a metallic silver, however).

Agreed on the red/claret/maroon/etc. interior. Ideally it would be paired with a grey (non-metallic) or charcoal (metallic) exterior.

I'm okay with grey interiors, or indeed any color interiors, as long as they meet two criteria: 1. They're not all exactly the same shade of grey on every surface, and 2. They have neutral trim, be it woodgrain, chrome, brushed or textured aluminum, or even just shiny black plastic, to break up the vast expanses of grey in every direction. The last few years of Chevy Cavaliers were among the worst offenders against my criteria because their interiors looked as if every component in them had been squeezed from the same tube of grey plastic goo.

Example-
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When are they bringing back baby blue velour interior?

You mean like this-
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Unless it is lime green, pink, or lemon yellow, I could not care less about the exterior of my car or the color scheme of seats vs exterior. The features I do care about are safety, reliability, being fun to drive, comfort, connectivity, MPG, in that order. My last lease (Volvo XC60) was black with brown leather seats. I paid zero attention to the colors when picking it.

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Unless it is lime green, pink, or lemon yellow, I could not care less about the exterior of my car or the color scheme of seats vs exterior. The features I do care about are safety, reliability, being fun to drive, comfort, connectivity, MPG, in that order. My last lease (Volvo XC60) was black with brown leather seats. I paid zero attention to the colors when picking it.

As a longtime devotee of $500-or-less cars, I don't get much say in what color the interior or exterior of my cars are. My last 4 have had varying shades of beige/tan interiors by chance, not choice, and these have been paired with white, two-tone brown, teal, and sage green exteriors. In the $500-or-less class you do occasionally get some odd ones, though. I've had one with a silver (not grey but metallic silver) leather interior and two with metallic gold interiors, one leather and the other cloth & vinyl.

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