BCA has published details of the most popular used car colours sold in the first three months of 2009 with silver taking the number one position at nearly 25%, posting a 1.5-point increase since last year.

Blue was toppled from the top spot, falling by two points to 21.4%, and black gained the biggest increase in share, moving from fourth to third place.

Meanwhile, grey – hugely popular on new cars three or four years ago – leapt from seventh in 2008 to fourth in 2009, going from under 7% to more than 10% of the total.

But red, a favourite in the 80’s and 90’s only just made it into the top five after coming third last year and dropped from 12% to 9%.