# Why no green cars? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 10, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532 "2023-03-10T17:59:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/1 "2023-03-10T17:59:06Z")
Mallwart doesn’t let me bring my panniers in anymore so I order online and pick up. I have to wait in a parking space and check in. The app asks for the color of my car. My bicycle is green, but green isn’t one of the choices. I’ve been looking and see few green cars. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/2 "2023-03-10T18:24:01Z")
Ummmm…because they’re ugly? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/3 "2023-03-10T18:30:18Z")
We have green cars, how much are interested in spending? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/6/a/6a8438d0803cb51868f3fe93c673fb22c4d054d7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/4 "2023-03-10T18:34:23Z")
The same could be asked about many colors. Take away white, black, and 5 shades of silver and that parking lot would be almost empty. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/5 "2023-03-10T18:37:22Z")
There are a number of interesting Mustang colors: [2023 Ford Mustang Colors, Ranked (jalopnik.com)](https://jalopnik.com/2023-ford-mustang-colors-ranked-1850209290/slides/14) In comparison, a blue and a green are the only ‘colors’ for the Audi Q5: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/8/d819c2cb5c1014b2646c20ec88f4e27ef534f0e1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/6 "2023-03-10T18:59:41Z")
The winter was a good time to give my bike a new paint job. Red to green then to Honduras maroon. Just brown though people with diminished color ability see green as brown anyway. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/7 "2023-03-10T19:19:41Z")
Lexus offers an interesting shade of green, called Nori, on some of their vehicles. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/1/0/103d45bf8c932f42a88ca5b53719dc8f75a0aee0.jpeg) I had narrowed-down my color choice to either Atomic Silver or Nori Green, and when one in that shade of silver arrived at the dealership with my choice of options, I grabbed it. Nori was my second choice, but I see very few in that color on the roads. ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/8 "2023-03-10T19:22:56Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/8/a8f157bb1801b6f279dded007f0f2311b8147e29.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/9 "2023-03-10T19:23:10Z")
That’s an interesting (and attractive) shade of green ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/10 "2023-03-10T19:25:55Z")
I have seen some limeish green cars, my daughter has one, a soul. Remember a bud doing used car sales and him saying harder to sell than a green car! ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/4/047c3194ac1431af4fbce83e41a8f296b57a78ce.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/11 "2023-03-10T19:30:43Z")
I agree, but based on how few I see on the roads, I think that we’re in the minority. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/12 "2023-03-10T19:56:02Z")
That Lexus color made the cover of the latest CR: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/1/d1bd464683821ca0544383ae22a27b22cf926bca.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/13 "2023-03-10T20:29:02Z")
Few years ago I rented one of those little jeeps, whatever they were called, like the styling but the rest was a problem. At a cafe a guy showed up with one and I asked how he liked it etc. I don’t recall the name of the color but it was some sort of a greenish brown reminding me of changing the kids diaper. It was truly almost the worse color I had ever seen. In defence though, with a few cans of spray paint, it would have been easy to use for duck hunting. Companies have color and style experts that take colors seriously. Obviously all laid off at Jeep. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/14 "2023-03-10T21:15:02Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I rented one of those little jeeps, whatever they were called, like the styling but **the rest was a problem** It was probably a _Renegade_, which is built in Italy, and is essentially the same as the Fiat 500X > [@bing](#): > > I don’t recall the name of the color but it was some sort of a greenish brown I think the name for that color is _Baby “Shyt” Green_. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/15 "2023-03-10T21:17:59Z")
Tom and Ray engaged in some humorous discussion on a recent podcast about Tom’s first car. Couldn’t get total agreement on remembering the model and model year, early 50’s Dodge apparently; but both remembered it was very ugly and very green. Worse than military green. The upside according to Tom, its price was cheap enough to put up with the downsides. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/16 "2023-03-10T21:25:42Z")
> [@bing](#): > > a greenish brown Light Khaki? ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/c/ec5c103cc7d2bc2d94f91b09ac0d6e1132341446.png) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/17 "2023-03-10T22:14:45Z")
Yeah that was it. No power and you couldn’t get two suitcases in the back. A few inches more would have done it as the Italians say. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/18 "2023-03-10T22:47:22Z")
> [@bing](#): > > No power CR said: … _looks enticingly cute, but is bogged down by a 9 speed automatic that’s neither smooth nor responsive… Handling is uninspiring and the ride is unremarkable… Excessive vibrations while the engine is idling, and a too-touchy brake pedal also mar the driving experience._ Does that sum-up your experience with that “Jeep”? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/19 "2023-03-10T22:51:10Z")
Yup, pretty much from what I remember and luggage space. I though if I could only change the whole power train, it would be ok. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532/20 "2023-03-10T22:55:10Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I though if I could only change the whole power train, it would be ok. Isn’t that the automotive equivalent of… _Other than that “incident” at the theater, did you enjoy tonight’s performance, Mrs. Lincoln?_ 😉 [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-no-green-cars/189532.md?page=2)