Funny, but this does a perfect job of demonstrating "the color thing".

Suzuka Blue on Blue is probably my favorite color scheme - enough that I would trade my Berlina Black for it.

It's all -entirely- the preference of the buyer - Rios might not fly off the lot as fast as the more conservative mundane colors, but they're certainly downright hot

 

yellow is the hardest color to find on a s2k i had to go to like 15 dealers just to find 1 no joke

 

Count me in. I was apprhensive at first. In my mind I thought it was like a yellow nissan xterra but in person it's beautiful with a deep pearl finish. So I bought it.

 

BS. Most dealers look at numbers when ordering. If all you typically stock is Black/white/silver - you have a tendency to sell, well - black/white/silver. The data is screwed up. it looks like those are the best sellers when they don't take into consideration that that's the makeup of their order. Honda produces what the dealers order, it has nothing to do with Honda knowing/thinking about the popularity of colors. Last year it was black, this year it's white. Those are pretty much guranteed to turn faster than a yellow one. If you need help finding a yellow one - PM me your state and I can get you a list.

p.s. Yellow Rocks, the Pearl in the Rio Yellow is amazing. Best Pearl Yellow short of Lamborghini.

 

spa yellow is like 1 shade brighter or is it the other way around i forgot.

but either way... i rarely see yellow S's where i live ... its always silver, white, black

 

the same dealer will tell you that yellow is the most desirable if you walk in looking for yellow.

yellow is a love it or hated color.

I like the spa yellow more then rio yellow

 

I live in Oregon. I see some on nice days and I bet there are a few hiding in garages but this isn't exactly South Beach either. Mostly red and silver around here, not many yellows.

 

I like the Rio ... I think it looks good man

 

I owned a Silverstone for five years before buying my Rio last July on a whim. The dealer only had two 06s at the time. The other was a Sebring. I didn't necessarily go looking for Rio, but it is a beautiful color and I get lots more attention driving it than I did in my Silverstone.

 

Not knocking your yellow, but you really think that the dealerships order black/white/silver for arbitrary reason? Guaranteed that if you polled people who were ordering these cars new there would be less Yellow/blue. Not necessarily because they aren't as "pretty" a color, but possibly like someone mentioned above, not in their lifestyle. Some people buy these cars for the driving experience, not the attention they receive. I drove an extra 150 miles to get the GPW, not because I don't like yellow, but because I didn't really need all that attention being drawn to me. GPW just seemed a more classy, conventional color that has a timeless look.

The cars the dealerships order absolutely have to do with color popularity and such. It only makes sense. They likely look at history of cars pre-ordered, taste of the demographic buying the car, and history of the ease of selling particular colors over others.