In Japan there is a slightly different car award, "Auto Colour Award" aimed at not the whole car but the interior and exterior colour of the car. This award, which began in 1998, celebrated the 20th this year. The final selection was held on 16th December, but for the first time since the start of the award, motorcycles won the grand prize. Yamaha's sports bike 'MT-10/09/07' where the vivid two-tone colour of grey body colour and yellow wheel colour got the eye of the judges and observers won the first place. The second place was also a two-wheeled vehicle Kawasaki "Ninja H2/H2R". The top 5 models of voting results are as follows.
1st MT-10/09/07 (Yamaha Motor)
2nd Ninja H2/H2R (Kawasaki Heavy Industries)
3rd Lexus LS (Toyota Motor Corporation)
4th N BOX (Honda)
5th Mirais (Daihatsu)
Advanced coating technology and designer's sensitivity created special colours
The colour theme of Yamaha "MT-10/09/07" that won the grand prize is [Accepted insane "Night Flow"]. Bluish Grey Solid 4 was evaluated to give a strong impression to the bold contrast of the bluish cool grey body colour and the yellow wheel colour.
For 2nd place Kawasaki “Ninja H2/H2R”, the colour designer committed thoroughly to the metallic texture, developing their own painting machine to realize the metallic colour. It seems that the gloss of advanced light metal was taken from fighter aircraft developed and produced by Kawasaki during World War II.
High evaluated for the calm colour of the car
The 3rd place is Toyota's luxury car brand, the Lexus' finest sedan "LS". Based on the theme of "Takumi - Craftsmanship", three metallic colours of white, silver and red was made. All these colours were newly developed for the Lexus LS, and the colour tone varies depending on the lighting angle, which gives a rich emotion. 4th place Honda "N BOX", 5th place Daihatsu "Mirais" was a low-cost light-weight car as compared to Lexus LS, but the colour of the lively appearance was highly evaluated.
One of the designers said, “There are an increasing number of cases to pick a car by attractive appearance colour in Japanese market.” In this year's Auto Colour Award, the calm colour was better rated than the flashy colour, but depending on the year, cute colour, vibrant colour may take the grand prize. What kind of colour of the car do you like?
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