Hi all, I'm shopping for a full size continental sedan / suv (think S class / 7 series / GLE / Cayenne / X5) and I'd like the car to be productive while I'm not using it ie. making it available for chauffeur hire for weddings or just on demand car hire like Moovby or Trevo. I have other smaller cars for my daily drives.

Question:

Is there a particular colour to avoid if I want this to be favourable for Chinese as their wedding car? Should I avoid black exterior as that's considered a taboo? There are choices of black, white and grey for the model I'm looking at.

As for interior, I am thinking of going either all black or red and black two tone.

Thoughts anyone?

white is universal acceptance

interior no ppl bother so far. all acceptabled

G wagon

My friend used a matte black Urus for his wedding. If the car is impressive enough i dont think people care much

just use myvi, cheap and get the job done. thanks me later.

Any Genesis is superb OR Hyundai Palisade bro.. have you seen it on the road? road presence is superb.

This post has been edited by babisotong: Feb 23 2024, 02:50 PM

I used my own car for wedding, it's blue. No issue

what job u talking about ??

he want to invest rental biz. not his wedding

Use own car more meaningful. Create memories, no need to rent just for face.

Sooooo many possible problem u gonna face.

1. If u rent out privately beware LHDN cumming.
2. If accident not covered unless u dont disclose u rent out, but if found out not only cant claim may also kena fined/fail for fraud.
3. Its gonna be quite hard to rent out unless to friends coz why ppl rent from u when can rent from proper established car rental company?

Guys, let's focus back shall we? Colour DOs and DONTs haha..

Is red interior a plus and considered more "Ong"?

Seriously non of the 90's, 00's, 10's friends, relatives I know would be interested to rent the cars you listed.

You will be better business with cars such as
- Mini Contryman, Clubman, 3 doors convertible
- Macan
- Cool looking EV like Smart #1, Volvo C40, Taycan
- Merc CLA, CLS
- BMW 4 series convertible
- 911 Carrera Cabriolet
- you know cars with more youthful image - like X4 instead of X5, X3... CLS instead of S Class.
- or show personality like Suzuki Jimny, Merc G Class
- or some well kept 70's 80's vintage boxy cars like E30 3 series, E28 5 series, Volvo 240, W126 S class for people want retro style, but not the W220 or newer S Class (not old enough).
- Myvi with popular pop culture decals

Really depends on customer target.
Unless you got source of customer not exposed to modern day pop culture, otherwise 7 series/S Class would not be preference of young generation, it is easier to rent a C Class to be honest.

The new generation is about individualism and show off personalities. The overall lifestyle image different from old generation definition of luxury.
FYI - my cousin rented a C Class with her dad's new E Class leaving at home, said too old... lol

On interior, those who will rent is all for show, they really don't care interior color.

Get a lowest spec of the vehicle, as even if no accident for sure there are scratches everywhere. People get in/out stepping on door sills, accidentally kick the glove box, kick the back seat. Get something you don't pamper.

This post has been edited by constant_weight: Feb 23 2024, 07:34 PM

or axia e ( axia rahmah ) , looks good plus cheap

Good advice! Can’t go wrong with a 911 …

just go for white color

The common colours I've seen are white (quite classic) and silver. Black and blue are questionable if you have older, more conservative Chinese parents to worry about, and other colours like yellow, green, maroon etc might clash with the ribbons and floral displays.

Just my 2 cents worth - and, since I'm offering my 2 cents: don't get a Cayenne or an X5 as a wedding car - the back seat of these SUVs are not as comfy as that to be found on an S-Class or BMW 7 series. I should know, I've owned all the cars you mentioned: Cayenne (9YA), X5 (F15), W223 S-Class (present) and the G12 740Li in the past

If you’re talking about the ultra Chinese types* – you know, the types who will have an entire row of cars honking outside the wedding house and pop enough fireworks to give the whole taman sulphur poisoning – the most common colour for their Merc E/S Class, Lexus RX, Alphards, 5/7/X5 BMWs, is white. Bonus points for red accents in the interior.

*Unless they’re the new breed (common in /k) that wants to be more Chinese than China. For those people, you’d need a certified wumaowagon like a Biyadi.

This post has been edited by dev/numb: Feb 23 2024, 11:22 PM

How many of those types still single? Most are middle age already.

How many of younger generations are adopting that taste/culture?

Of those younger generations with such taste/culture either super rich no need to rent, or poor cannot afford to rent nice car. I notice at least those around me are very binary financially, not many middle class.

Even if one from that kind of family, once get more educations, become a middle class, open to global and exposed to pop culture, there is not turning back.

If that's TS plan, what's left target customer for TS are middle age but still not married + young people that can't speak English/Malay (which is sad), little pinky type of Chinese.

And I'm Chinese, my friends and relatives basically just give a few honks near the house. We don't honk like maniac from main road and go around Taman honking then blast fire crackers non-stop. We try not to disturb the neighbors, be a good polite citizen.

No littering, no spitting on the floor, giving way to ambulance... if you observe the improvements in past 10 years or so. It all start from some of the elite boomers 70's, majority of the 80's and thereafter. We are the future.

As a 90s I agree with the forumer above

1) I dont care about exterior colour. Even black is fine. Although out of respect for elders I will most probably go for white

2) No fucks given about interior colour. Nobody cares

3) And yes, i wont choose bulky long ass cars like 7 series or s class. I wont choose GLE or X5 also. Cayenne maybe more acceptable but I personally wont unleas my bride wants it…

4) If I call the shots, I will go for sportier and younger cars - c class is good. Mustang, A45 etc.

Point 3 and 4 just my 2c. To answer your question, white is safest.