When you bought your car, did the colour of it matter to you? Did you pick the colour for reasons other than you simply liked it? If you picked the colour of your car because you believed it would affect how much you pay for auto insurance, you are not alone. It's a very popular auto insurance myth.
Perhaps that's why we tend to shy away from colour when buying a car. In North America, three in four cars are a either white, black, grey, or silver. Only one in four vehicles stray from this colour palette and is red, blue, brown, or green.
No wonder it's so difficult to find your car in a crowded parking lot!
The truth about the colour of your car
Car colour does not matter. It doesn't matter if your car is a blue, red, green, silver, white, or black, your insurance rate for that make and model of car will be the same. What "they" say about red cars costing more to insure, simply isn't true.
What does affect the car insurance rate you pay?
There's a lot that goes into determining your auto insurance rates, including:
- Where you live
- The type, but not colour, of the vehicle you drive
- Your driving and insurance history
- Your driving record, including any tickets or collisions
- Optional coverages you choose to include in your policy
- Your deductible levels
Depending on where you live, there may be other factors as well; however, these are the most common across most provinces in Canada.
Don't believe that car colour doesn't matter?
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