Why no more whitewall tyres?

Why don’t they make whitewall tyres anymore? Considering the re-emergence of skinwall tyres for bicycles (which I LOVE, btw), I would have thought that people’s automotive tastes might have run a similar course.

I know that some will say they were a nightmare to keep clean, but really… in this day and age, with all the detergents and chemicals we can use on our cars, I can’t imagine that this would be a serious problem.

I mean, just look at this!

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cost more to produce.
not enough demand to justify extra production cost.

Because it’s really difficult to draw a decent cock and balls on a black tyre with a permanent marker.

tippex?

tippex?

Washes off too easily.

Unfortunately.

Bored at work SaxonRider?

Bored at work SaxonRider?

Possibly. But these are important questions. 😉

Gosh, I don’t know why I thought whitewalls would garner more interest. 😛

Oh well. Your response, jam bo, is one I hadn’t considered.

They make any car look good.

There is a company at the Beaulieu MM that specialise in historic tyres, they will get you some. Vintage Tyres. Com

With Pirelli you have a choice

Those Pirelli’s are really just go-faster stripes, not a proper white-wall, though.

Just to be dull – presumably because most modern cars have such low profile tyres there’s hardly any sidewall there to be white?

https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styles/whitewall-tires.html