Vehicle paints. Paints especially formulated for vehicles were, on the surface, an attractive outlet for specialist paints. There were an estimated 7000 outlets that carried out some vehicle paint work, though this varied from minor repairs to the seven or eight vehicle manufacturers that used paint in large quantities for original vehicle manufacture. The size of the market was estimated to be around £45 million, the bulk of which was accounted for by the vehicle manufacturers (an estimated £35 in paint per vehicle for the 1.2 million manufactured in the UK).