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I think an even rarer colour is Matte black even though its a colour still in production ive never seen one in the colour. Ive seen a YeYe green one coming back from sandbach.
I think an even rarer colour is Matte black even though its a colour still in production ive never seen one in the colour. Ive seen a YeYe green one coming back from sandbach.
Got the impression that they've stopped making them since dealers having stopped taking orders for them.
In the austerity years after WWII, you could have a new car in any colour you wanted - as long as you wanted a black one. Waiting lists for new cars were invariably long - often measured in years - and a 12 month old car would sell secondhand for well over list price, so there wasn't any incentive for manufacturers to offer a choice. Once the postwar boom got underway in the 50's, the supply situation eased, competition returned to the markets, and car makers gradually began reintroducing colours. For a time, the choice was often either black or a shade of green remarkably close to Ye Ye - and I can still just remember from my early childhood, when the roads were dominated by a mixture of black & pale green cars.
By the early sixties, there was a real choice of colour, and both black & green became rather unfashionable as the nation sought to put twenty years of austerity behind them.
So Ye Ye is perhaps the most "authentic" colour of the age when the first Fiat 500s hit the road & IMHO it suits the retro style of the car very well. A shame it wasn't popular & has been discontinued. I think it will have a "cult" following & I'm sure Ye Ye cars will command an increasing premium on the secondhand market.
So Ye Ye is perhaps the most "authentic" colour of the age when the first Fiat 500s hit the road & IMHO it suits the retro style of the car very well. A shame it wasn't popular & has been discontinued. I think it will have a "cult" following & I'm sure Ye Ye cars will command an increasing premium on the secondhand market.
If it were really that great a colour, it would have been popular in the first place IMHO.
Agree on the whole with the two posts above - however it wouldn't surprise me at all if the colour does get a cult following and is sought after in 10-15 years, thus increasing prices.
It's not my cup of tea, but it is something a bit different which is always nice.
That's me![]()
Hi there,When I bought Poppy she was the only one I could find for sale in Ye Ye Green in the whole of the UK, after searching the internet for a few months. So I was wondering how many there are out there in this colour.