Color as it affects heat

[Brucelee]

You got it right!

A black car is essentially a heat sink.

[Ronzi]

Hey, bmussatti, no fair bringing physics into this.
You're going to set a bad precedent.

[limoncello]

It's not color related, but definitely heat related in the summer - we all have this big hot thing behind the seats. In the Carolinas, in the summer, it stays hot too. But no worse than any other car, and as others have stated, the Box has good a/c.

I normally don't go top down in the south in the summer from noon till evening - too hot, but that's just me. Early summer mornings and evenings/nights are great.

If your car sits in the sun during the day, lighter colors may be better, but I'd still suggest getting the color you like most.

[mjw930]

Being here in Florida the conventional wisdom is that the color of the interior is the single biggest factor in how hot it gets inside the car. With convertibles the color of the top plays a role here too since it's not as well insulated but the new tops seem to negate that.

When I shop for a car that's going to be subjected to the summers here in FL as a primary driver I go for a light interior with a good quality window tint. You don't need to go dark on the tint to get the temperature and fade resistance, all the top tier tints like Llumar block 99% - 100% of the UV.

Like previously described a Grey/Grey/Grey or a Blue/Grey/Grey or a Red/Tan/Tan combo would work well.