But why is colour important? 'It is mainly down (111)_____ fashion,' says a car expert. '(112)_____ the 1980s and 1990s, red and white were very popular. Now, they (113)_____ seen as old-fashioned and silver is the best alternative. It looks good on most models of car and buyers want to follow the trend so that they don't lose money.'

Colour has always (114)_____ a factor in making cars. Henry Ford made the Model T only in black - not because it looked better, (115)_____ because it was the cheapest colour to paint a car (116)_____ that time. Even as late as the mid-1950s one-third of all cars that (117)_____ sold in Britain were black.