Matte paint is en vogue right now. Looks great, but it’s high maintenance because it’s a porous paint.
But it does broadcast the driver has a disposable income, to both purchase and maintain it.
Read it online here.
Favourite line:
The car can only be washed by hand ,… and never again can the car be run through an automatic wash.
Below is BMW’s ‘Frozen’ paint.
So pretty, no touching.
Very few manufacturers offer a matte paint option. Mercedes also does a beautiful job.
And so does Hyundai!
The only manufacturer to offer a matte paint on a non-luxury car.
Available on the Veloster for $800-ish; that’s thousands less than the ones you see above.
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