How bad does color affect resale on an exotic car?

Rusnak_322 wrote: Buy a black one and spend some money on a quality vinyl wrap in orange. Best of both worlds and your resale paint will have less rock chips

This is by far the best compromise I've ever heard

When do you plan on selling it?

SEADave wrote: But in the world of dealer certified late-model trade-ins the dealer is right - common is better. Which only makes sense because the "used" cars this guy sees on a daily basis are much more likely to be late models and not classics.

is this why all new cars seem to come in silver and beige?

gamby wrote: In the case of the 328 and the 355, I think the less traditional colors are more appealing. Fewer people have them. That's the nonconformist in me, though. A friend has a Tour De France Blue F430 and it's spectacular.

TDF is a good example of color having a effect in the market in the short term. Not 18 months ago it was the color to have for resale even more the red/tan in the 430 market. Then it retreated and the usual colors came back into vogue.

It passes as a bit of a fad and now the traditional colors are up again. The pearl white I think is going to be the color to have on the 458 but my lord are there a lot of red and black ones out there so that is what everybody buys. Similar to the grey/black 550 coupes.

I, for one, love orange cars. If you are going to order one new, order whatever color you like best. I wouldn't worry about resale. Supercars are rare enough that, when you're ready to sell, you'll find someone out there desperately searching for that color.

As an example (granted it's not a super car), I would love to find an e9x M3 in "Fire Orange". It's a rare factory color and looks awesome IMO. The fact that there are so few of them means they command a premium when they pop up used. Here's a pic:

Also, it seems like folks have no issue with Lambos in off the wall colors: