Would you buy an Orange Prius?

A repaint will invariably hurt resale value. That aside...

 

welcome to priuschat! i voted no, but maybe a picture would change my mind. short of finding it visually attractive, it would have to have other redeeming qualities that i could not find on a car that was.

usually when i see an orange car, i think, 'must have been the last one on the lot, and they got a great price'. sorry, you asked.

 

I would not, but liking any color is subjective. We have some left over 2014 "Habanero" Prius C's in the DFW area. Think they call it "Tangerine Splash Pearl" in 2015.

 

When I was a kid, my parents had a mid-70's Datsun small pick-up that was that almost Halloween/Pumpkin Orange.

I was at that adolescent, pre-adolescent age where appearances take on too much importance. This truck was so "Uncool" I hated it.
So I'm to this day prejudice against Orange as a vehicle color.

In retrospect, the home made canopy with with hideous outdoor carpenting liner, coupled with the factory original built in 8 track player, along with the Pumpkin Orange color, it was so bad, I think I'd like it today.

But my standards of what is "Cool" have changed considerably.

 

4 posts, 2 votes.

 

I voted no, but I did see an orange Prius C the other day and it looked cool. I remember a study that collated accident rate with car color and yellow cars were in the fewest accidents. Wonder if orange would be a close second.

 

I guess my answer is "I" wouldn't buy an Orange vehicle.
But I'd recommend anyone that does want one, enjoy.

 

Orange was what got my attention, and bought one. Please note that the 2015 is a different color orange then the 2012-2014 models. The color changes from Habanero to Tangerine Splash. The Habanero is a more bright orange and the Tangerine is more orange/yellow. Instead of painting the entire car, you could add orange to lower half and mirror caps, that may look cool.

 

If it was OEM Orange,I might buy, but not a repaint. My first thought (no offence) would be what else has happened to this vehicle. And as soon as you start looking in the door jambs, spare tire well, under the hood, seeing the original silver: ugh.

 

It might be a useful theft deterent.

 

Get it Wrapped....Then it could be removed at a later date.

 

Voted yes. Go Giants!

 

Being in Tennessee Volunteer country we see orange cars quite often. Several dealers have factory painted ones on the lot that are popular. I haven't seen a Prius (outside of the C). Wrangler, Civic, and Dart are models that come to mind. I spotted a white base Sonata the other day that had all of it's black trim and hubcaps orange plastidipped.

 

Orange: YES
Bright Yellow: YES
Candy Apple Green: YES
Metallic Maroon or Purple: YES
Bright Neon ANYTHING: YES

Anything but the palette of accountant's colors that Toyota currently offers!

Bill the Engineer

 

The question is not "would I buy an orange Prius?" The question is "would MY WIFE buy an orange Prius?" lol.

 

If you do it, it is going to be very expensive to do it properly. As mentioned you have to take apart the entire vehicle to respray everything that was originally painted when the car was just a chassis. If you do a hack job where you just spray what's visible it will look terrible to anyone that is able to get close enough to look. As for resale, respray equals horrible accident in the car's past for buyers' minds. Cheap resprays also have the problem of flaking off, discolouring, or unevenness that original's don't have.

So if you want to do it, you are looking at $15K to $20K to do it right. The classic cars I have worked on usually get paint jobs in the $12K +/- $3K range when they have already been shelled by the owner. Meaning the seats and all interior is already out of the car and at the custom upholstery shop, most of the mechanics are out getting rebuilt and sometimes even the glass is out. If you are wanting the shop to do it for you, that's why I think the price will be in the $15K-$20K range.

The $300 paint job from Maaco will look like a $300 paint job and nobody will buy that car ever again. Ever notice how the $100 bad tint jobs will ruin the sale of a $50K car? The tint has washed out in areas, bubbled up all over, maybe a crease, that sort of thing. Nobody wants a bad job, and if a visible thing like tint was done so poorly, what else did you fix with bubble gum and duct tape?

The advice to wrap the car, is great advice. Make it whatever colour you want, and before you sell it, just tear it off (carefully!) and it is back to new. The original paint after a bit of a wax will look as it does now which will be excellent in so many years time when you go to sell it.

Anyone remember this one? For Sale - 2007 Prius, low mileage ***BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM PAINT JOB*** Get noticed!! | PriusChat

 

1. This is good if you want to start a taxi service.
2. The orange color definitely will hurt the resale value.

 

uber orange?

 

I would not but orange cars are semi popular here because UT Vols orange. So some fans would buy an orange car if they thought it was an acceptable shade of orange.