[bfirsh]

I visited the country a couple of years ago, and a thing that puzzled me was why almost all the cars were white. Do you know why this is?

Some said it was because it is better at keeping the cars cool, but this doesn't explain why surrounding Kazakhstan/Tajikistan/etc had different color cars.

The best explanation I heard was the president liked white cars, so only allowed white cars to get made. This seems most plausible to me, and seems like similar things happened in Turkmenistan: https://www.motor1.com/news/226932/turkmenistan-president-ba...

[9nGQluzmnq3M]

White cars are very popular in hot, dry climates (like Uzbekistan) because they don't absorb as much heat in the desert run. For another example of this in a much freer car market, see Israel, where I'd guess a solid 80-90% of cars on the road are white.

[Maksadbek]

You're right, 90% of cars are white coloured. Honestly I have no idea why it is that. Prabably this worth some research.

But usually when my friends wanted to buy a car, they chose the white color by the following criteria: it does not heat much like other colors on the sun. If we take into account that there are not much parking lots and garages with a roof, white colored car is the best choice.

[xenospn]

In Israel, people say it's "easier to sell a white car".

[moltar]

It’s pretty much the same in SEA. Because it’s hot. White cars heat up much less.