Is Your New or Used Chevy Yellow? Ever Think It’ll Get Stolen?

Do you drive a yellow car? Or maybe it’s not yellow, maybe it’s bright green, or bright red. Have you ever thought that your car or truck may get stolen? Or do you feel like you stick out like a sore thumb and no one would dare steal suck a bright car? It’s a thought. 

Well USATODAY.com put together a study and had some pretty interesting pieces of information. Check it out. 

If you want to feel really strange, drive a blindingly bright yellow car. As Drive On found out in the past week, you stand out like a sore banana. But then we spied an upside: who would dare steal a yellow car?

The downside of a driving a yellow car is you become convinced everyone is looking at you. Lose your car in the parking lot? Not a chance. But the Huffington Post pointed out the upside over the weekend: no one would dare steal it. If the police car radio squawked with the report of a just-stolen yellow car, the cops could probably get it back faster than you can say LoJack. Huffpo points to a Dutch study about how pink bicycles rarely get stolen compared to more mundane colors, then tries to draw the comparison to cars. Reasonable enough. We felt like we were finding out first-hand what the study was talking about:

Drive On has been tooling around Los Angeles in the past week in a stunning yellow Audi S4. If it were just another $59,150 sport sedan, it would fit right in with the mish-mash of Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs. But as a yellow car, it basically screamed out the attention — as if its lightning acceleration wasn’t enough.

One expert points out that yellow cars are about the only ticket to distinctiveness in a world filled with bland, earth-colored cars.

“You only see yellow cars in terms of new cars like semi-high performance,” says Tom duPont, publisher of the duPont Registry, a monthly guide of rare cars. “You never see a yellow Buick.”

One good reason: the color is so out of fashion that yellow cars could garner less on resale, the Dutch study points out.

Hey you could be driving around the Bumble Bee Camaro you just scooped up from your local Fort Worth Chevy dealer. Yes you may stick out like a sore thumb but at least you know that everyone is drooling at you as you drive by! 

Thanks to Brandi Hodge for contributing.

Do You Drive One Of The Top 30 Ugliest Cars?

The Volkswagen Thing….What an ugly car. You may be a car nut and think you’ve seen them all. Did you know that the ugliest ones weren’t made here. They were made over seas. Below is a video of all the ugly cars that made this list. Some of them are the ugliest cars I have ever seen and they will burn your eyes! Thanks to AutoBlog for sharing the video.

Here’s the top 30 ugliest cars in alphabetical order:

AMC Gremlin

AMC Pacer

Aston Martin Lagonda

Aurora

Citroen Ami 6

Corbin Sparrow

Fiat Multipla

Ford Edsel

Ford Scorpio

G-Wiz

Hua Detroit Fish

Kia Opirus / Amanti

Lamborghini LM 002

Lightburn Zeta Sports

Mini Marcos

Nissan Cube

Nissan Micra C+C

Nissan S-Cargo

Pontiac Aztek

Reliant Bond Bug

Scangyong Rodius

Sebring-Vanguard citiCar

Skoda Roomster

Subaru Baja

Subaru Tribeca

Suzuki X-90

Tang Hua Book of Songs

Tang Hua Piece of Cloud

Volkswagen Thing

Zap Xebra Electric Truck

So… Do you own one of these? Now this is just the opinion of one man. What do you think? Are they all ugly?

Thanks to Brandi Hodge for contributing.

What’s The Best New Or Used Car For Your Grad?

Do you remember what your first car was? Did your parents buy you that sports car you were dreaming of or did they give you a “Grandma” mobile? As high school is coming to an end and your teens are getting ready for college you may be wondering what kind of car to get them. Well The Wall Street Journal ‘s Joe White thinks it should be practical, safe, boring, used, and cheap.

We all know that teenagers think they are invincible and we all know that 9 out of 10 teenagers are a menace on the roads. So why spend the money on a sports car or pick up truck that they may wreck? One of his recommendations is the 2008-2009 Chevrolet Malibu. His reasons? It’s safe, reliable, has good crash test ratings, and of course boring…. But is the Chevy Malibu really boring? I certainly don’t think so. See the review of the Chevy Malibu here from Kelley Blue Book.

KBB.com says that you will like the Chevy Malibu if:

The 2009 Chevrolet Malibu’s bold, attractive sheetmetal and stylish interior touches are backed by confident handling, a quiet ride and an overall level of refinement competitive with the category’s best. Unlike some competitors, the fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine is available on all Malibu trims, not just the entry-level model.

So head on over to your Texas Chevy dealer and let your teenager test drive the very NOT boring 2008-2009 Chevy Malibu. I don’t think you will be disappointed.

Thanks to Brandi Hodge for contributing.