24/02/2012 15:17 | By MSN Cars
Reality stars and their white cars

Lydia Bright and James Argent



Lydia Bright and James Argent (© Rex)
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Stars of The Only Way Is Essex, Big Brother and other reality TV shows are having a major impact on our car buying habits according to the Pendragon, UK's largest independent car dealer group.

For celebrities like TOWIE stars Lydia Bright and James Argent (pictured in a white Rolls-Royce above), Amy Childs, Katie Price, Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, it seems that white cars are the must-have fashion accessories of the moment. And where they lead, it would appear the British public is predisposed to follow.

"We've seen a material increase in the number of people driving white cars, it's one of the top five colours for new car buyers," said Pendragon chief executive, Trevor Finn.

"Every 10 or 15 years there's a cycle where white cars become very fashionable, and we're now in it."

Anyone who keeps a close watch on the car industry will have seen today's white car trend emerge on motorshow stands a few years back but the growing number of celebrities being pictured in them has sent sales rocketing.

Check out our gallery of reality stars who think white is right and let us know if your next car will be a white one or not in comments section below...

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White cars, or cars that have an off white look are just another way of showing that white symbolises many positive aspects of human culture. The references that white exudes are often related to purity and cleanliness. On the other hand the contrast to white is black which exudes the complete opposite reference which essentially is potentially negative. For example, clouds, flowers, light,  snow. Just think for a moment to extreme opposite to white and it suggests that white will always be right, and win through as it emboldens positive connotations in almost everything we see and touch. Now for the reality check, think for a moment, when purchasing a car, consider which car colour has a better cache and will hold its price in the second hand market, erm, ooops, definitely not white, but actually black, blue, silver/grey and the worst of all colours would be, white, red/burgundy, green, brown, yellow, orange etc. So I suggest to anyone considering buying a car, definitely do not consider white, as you could potentially reduce the value by a mind boggling 10-20% just based on the exterior colour alone. Scary thought, but ever so true. Just look at the car sales listings as the evidence doesn't lie!!
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white cars to me,a self confessed petrol/diesel head,signifies fashion trend,bimbo,wag,footballers car...it seems to be white/black/silver are fave colour choices...do any of these ppl who spend thousands on new cars ever look at the brochure or colour charts? there are so many unique colours to choose from...why do so many ppl follow the herd? boring.com
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twoinone, don't be so demeaning of people in white cars. After all lots and lots of couples are driven around in white limousines. We call these couples  brides and grooms. Indeed at one point, silver became the 'new' white. Oh and yes, I'll confess. I did have a Nissan Bluebird Estate in white. Alwhite?
26/02/2012 10:30
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I assume having a white vehicucle saves anyone from being accused of having a bad taste.xSmile
26/02/2012 19:36
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dont no realy just gess evreyone likes white Red heartSmileSmileSmileSmileSmileSmileRed heart
26/02/2012 15:29
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YOU ALL NEED TO GET A LIFE AND YES YOU ARE RIGHT YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE X
27/02/2012 11:31
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there isn't a car in the world that looks good in white.

26/02/2012 17:38
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Most cars in white look awful, but do cost more as they have to clean evrything down before they can run a batch of white cars.

26/02/2012 15:24
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peter you are so hot i could kiss you and i would love to meet you and katie one day with juniour and princess and harvey x
26/02/2012 15:25
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AMY CHILDS IS THE BEST STAR IN THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX LOVE YOU AMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SmileRed heartThumbs up
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