America are in a darkish age for automotive colour. It’s all monochrome so far as the attention can see, even because the period of Nardo Grey Omnipresence begins to wane. But, whereas consumers clamor for brilliant hues, producers are going the opposite approach — charging ever extra for colour.
Ford is the newest to leap on the cost-for-color prepare, this 12 months making each single non-grayscale colour an upcharge in comparison with black, white, silver, and grey. You may nonetheless have your Mustang for underneath $31,000, however God enable you to in order for you it to look fascinating.
The Mustang can nonetheless be had in Shadow Black, Oxford White, Iconic Silver Metallic, and Carbonized Grey Metallic with out an upcharge. After that, there are three tiers. A $295 cost will get you your alternative of Race Crimson, Atlas Blue Metallic, Grabber Blue Metallic, or Vapor Blue Metallic. Stepping as much as $495 will get you Fast Crimson Metallic Tinted Clearcoat or Darkish Matter Grey Metallic, and $995 nets you the lone high-dollar colour: Yellow Splash Metallic.
Personally, I’d throw the $300 in for Grabber Blue and be finished with it, however I nonetheless don’t like that I’d have to. Colours ought to be free! If we would like a world of brilliant, eye-searing vehicles, now we have to make these vehicles attainable to the car-buying lots.
The up to date costs are stay on Ford’s configurator, so you may at the least take advantage of educated construct potential earlier than heading to an area seller and being offered on no matter they’ve on the lot. Hopefully it’s not Darkish Matter Grey.