Oh gosh, sure, and allow us to inform you all about it. It’s not creepy, we promise.
You see, it’s a typical fantasy that the color of your automobile doesn’t affect your automobile insurance coverage premium. We’re undecided the place it began, however the color of your automobile does truly issue into the price of your automobile insurance coverage coverage. It’s not like insurance coverage firms cost you extra for a ‘racy pink’ automobile as a result of it’s obtained all of the thrill-seeking tones of a harmful driver. The type who doesn’t care about street guidelines, chews a toothpick, wears black sun shades, and wouldn’t be momma-approved in any respect.
However there’s an affect. The truth is, you may pay as much as 10% extra (relying on the color of your automobile) and it’s not for that insanely bogus motive we made up above. In no actuality would we ever cost you additional to your uncommonly colored candy-apple-green automobile.
Let’s take a look at the reality of the matter.
How automobile color impacts the price of insurance coverage
In terms of calculating the value of your automobile insurance coverage, we (and different insurance coverage firms) take a look at a spread of threat components and 1 of those is the color of your automobile. The color of your automobile determines how seen your automobile is on the street, which impacts your possibilities of being in an accident (or being written off). Principally, darker vehicles are more durable to see on the street and are statistically extra more likely to be in an accident. We’ve truly gone by means of our personal claims historical past and have seen first-hand that ‘much less seen’ vehicles do have the next likelihood of being concerned in a street accident.
That’s why black, darker gray, charcoal, and navy colored vehicles are typically costlier to insure. Therefore why they value extra so that you can insure.
Oh, and earlier than we press on forward, it’s additionally good to know that metallic paints can appeal to greater premiums as a result of they’re costlier to restore in case your glitter ball has been concerned in an accident.
Let’s discuss lighter colors
You received’t be shocked in any respect to search out out that white and lighter colored vehicles normally appeal to decrease premiums. That is principally right down to the very fact as they’ve the perfect visibility on the street, which is nice information for lots of South Africans, as a result of at present, the preferred automobile color on our roads is white. It appears that evidently a whopping 45% of the vehicles financed in South Africa are white, with silver coming in at practically 25%.
Our finish message, actually, is to encourage you to think twice earlier than you exit and purchase that smooth and darkish child. You possibly can pay a bit extra to your insurance coverage in consequence and regardless that our reducing premiums make your insurance coverage cheaper as every month goes by, it’s good to know any suggestions and methods that may aid you keep away from the next beginning premium.
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