At Rare Car Color Is Stolen?

When you select a car, right color choices can reduce the chance of your car is stolen by half. What color is it?

Studies in the Netherlands showed, the more popular cars stolen car the greater the opportunity. For example, a pink car in the study no one was stolen. Researchers University of Tilburg in the Netherlands found that the car is black, blue and silver or gray most widely purchased in Europe.

In addition, the more conservative car buyers choose the color of their car. According to a major manufacturer DuPont car paints, the world of car sales, 86% of whom are black-colored car, blue, white and silver or gray in 2009. As many as 14% remaining from the sale of cars is green, yellow, orange, red, and pink.

Economist University of Tilburg Ben Vollaard compare this number with the level of a stolen car in the Netherlands in 2004-2008. Vollaard focus on the cars most likely to be stolen. The study found, black cars, blue, and silver or gray most often stolen.

Why not steal a car thief brightly colored?

Vollaard found, the resale value of cars is a major determining factor in car theft. Simply put, the more the color of the car 'out there,' the lower the selling value of the return.

According to studies, most often thieves steal cars for resale, 85% of total car thefts are in this category.

"The difference in level between car theft and did not indicate the general color, resale value is on the minds of car thieves," said Vollaard. We found evidence, the resale value of this difference is more encouraging than the fear of arrest by the police, he added.

"Thieves avoid brightly colored cars because did not want to attract the attention of the authorities is not a reason," said the study further.

The red color is very popular in the Netherlands in the early 1990s, even 25% of new cars are red. However, the popularity of color that fall over time, and now only 5% of new cars are red. According to DuPont, this decline is a trend worldwide.

The study found, regardless of thieves caught in a brightly-colored car. In the 1990s, a red car theft higher. Popularity of a red car linked closely to the prevalence of red among the stolen car. Unusual colored car as good as buying a car safety device is expensive, Vollaard suggested.

"Pink is the color of the most perfect deterrent,"