NYIAS 2018: BMW Focuses on Individual Colors

M3 Adjuster · 03-28-2018, 02:34 PM

Check out the 2018 Individual program where you can now pay for colors that used to be free as far back as 1998!

Dakar Yellow M3 - E36 color
Fire Orange II M4 Convertible - Fire orange I- E90 Lime Rock edition
Ferrari Red M550i
Frozen Dark Red Metallic M5 First Edition
British Racing Green M6 Gran Coupe - E36 and E36 Z3 ??
Grigio Telesto M760i

cc3 · 03-28-2018, 02:38 PM

Poor choices in the main. BMW has some great individual colours but this selection is pretty grim

cwhands · 03-28-2018, 02:45 PM

I know people are knocking the Grigio 760 but there are quite a few Grigio Telesto 750s on the road around here already.

Think they could've chosen better color combos to display though...

BwoodBMW · 03-28-2018, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GeeRam

Me too.

It's most unlike-British Racing Green I've ever seen

came here to say the same... its like a pastel version of BRG or the camera was weird. Before I saw the color I got excited thinking it was some new color.

Viffermike · 03-28-2018, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wdeerfield

plaque says differently:

Yeah ummm ... that's not even close to BRG. WTF do the Germans know about that color, anyhow?

THIS is British Racing Green, as demonstrated by the company that made the color an icon:

And, um, BMW ... the BRG variant you use on MINIs -- a fundamentally British car -- is much, much closer to the real thing:

Finally: That ain't Ferrari red, either. Way too much pigment in it. If I were Maranello, I'd be giving Munich a call and faxing over a cease-and-desist.

Saphirschwarz · 03-28-2018, 02:51 PM

insane colors under these show lights ... but what color wouldn't be ?

basque76 · 03-28-2018, 02:51 PM

Sorry not feeling any of these colors except for Ferrari Red....the others...especially the Easter Bunny Yellow and Tangerine Scream are pretty

PARTS@STBMW · 03-28-2018, 03:05 PM

Grigio Telesto

2000Z3M · 03-28-2018, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by raichean

I miss my Dakar yellow M-Roadster so badly.. *sigh* DAMN I miss that car!

i miss my imola red m roadster

M3 Adjuster · 03-28-2018, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Bread

That can't be BRG. Looks closer to Evergreen.
[IMG]https://madwhips.s3.amazonaws.com/ph...2_original.jpg[/IMG]

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Originally Posted by GeeRam

Me too.

It's most unlike-British Racing Green I've ever seen

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Originally Posted by MSCD

Love the Fire Orange vert! The BRG looks off to me? The grey looks better on smaller cars, the frozen black is cool on the 760iL.

Nice to see the display.

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Originally Posted by Viffermike

Yeah ummm ... that's not even close to BRG. WTF do the Germans know about that color, anyhow?

THIS is British Racing Green, as demonstrated by the company that made the color an icon:

And, um, BMW ... the BRG variant you use on MINIs -- a fundamentally British car -- is much, much closer to the real thing:

Finally: That ain't Ferrari red, either. Way too much pigment in it. If I were Maranello, I'd be giving Munich a call and faxing over a cease-and-desist.

I agree with the others.. perhaps we need to adjust our sets - but that does not appear to be BRG despite the tag on the vehicle.
- The Color rendition from the camera and/or the lighting clearly appears to be off..

drewzMMM · 03-28-2018, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wdeerfield

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Originally Posted by drewzMMM

I think that is Tahiti Green or Boston Green.

That can't be British Racing Green. Here it is on the F90 M5 (which looks so friggin' sweet, btw).

plaque says differently:
[img]http://bimmerpost.imgix.net/goodiesf...lip&crop=edges[/img]

Wow. Thank you. Can't dispute that!

I've officially eliminated British Racing Green from my list of color choices when my allocation comes up. That looks horrible in those pics. UGH!

slalomfever · 03-28-2018, 03:42 PM

So glad to see BMW doing this. Finally, the non-BMW owners can see the vehicles in a variety of colors.

Red Bread · 03-28-2018, 03:46 PM

This one also claims to be BRG and is at least more believable.
http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1156634
[IMG]http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/att...8&d=1438535537[/IMG]

bunker · 03-28-2018, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by drewzMMM

I think that is Tahiti Green or Boston Green.

That can't be British Racing Green. Here it is on the F90 M5 (which looks so friggin' sweet, btw).

I was thinking the same thing. Either that or the lighting in the venue was awful.

Germanauto · 03-28-2018, 04:00 PM

I'll never warm up to Dakar Yellow and Daytona Violet...

420Coupe · 03-28-2018, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by basque76

Sorry not feeling any of these colors except for Ferrari Red....the others...especially the Easter Bunny Yellow and Tangerine Scream are pretty

best description of color i've heard to date!

AWSB328iM · 03-28-2018, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by drewzMMM

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Originally Posted by wdeerfield

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Originally Posted by drewzMMM

I think that is Tahiti Green or Boston Green.

That can't be British Racing Green. Here it is on the F90 M5 (which looks so friggin' sweet, btw).

plaque says differently:
[img]http://bimmerpost.imgix.net/goodiesf...#38;crop=edges[/img]

Wow. Thank you. Can't dispute that!

I've officially eliminated British Racing Green from my list of color choices when my allocation comes up. That looks horrible in those pics. UGH!

They must have changed the formula or had a color blind painter that day. That has way too much blue in it. BRG has always had black or yellow hues to it traditionally.

Brake_Late · 03-28-2018, 04:55 PM

Never buy the first edition of a car. Lol that name doesn't work for me

Brasko · 03-28-2018, 04:58 PM

Wouldn't be the first time that BMW screwed up the exterior paint color.

Mingwan · 03-28-2018, 05:09 PM

Lol at Easter bunny yellow.

I’d like to see an M4 in Structural Blue.

Dog Face Pony Soldier · 03-28-2018, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by bunker

Quote:

Originally Posted by drewzMMM

I think that is Tahiti Green or Boston Green.

That can't be British Racing Green. Here it is on the F90 M5 (which looks so friggin' sweet, btw).

I was thinking the same thing. Either that or the lighting in the venue was awful.

Why discount the camera's white balance being off?

LW50 · 03-28-2018, 05:29 PM

Gumby Green, ugh.

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