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Say what you want, but BMW is selling more cars than its competitors, that wasn't by accident.
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BMW do provide almost any color a customer wants and I've seen a few "unique" colours at my local dealer who are looking for something different. As has been said though, this comes at a price.
I've got to say though that the coating systems used have a depth of colour and visual texture that can't be seen on line. Personally, I don't recall seeing any new racing green bimmers, but I have seen the sakhir orange (awesome colour, not my cup of tea), a bright purple (sold very quickly too, different strokes and all that) and another in a metallic goldish yellow. BMW cars are highly personalizable (not sure if that's a word), but when all is said and done, these are luxury items and each special request will come with a (usually expensive) price tag. It's up to the customer to evaluate whether they consider it worth paying. |
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I cannot agree more with Diesel-Lover. The choice of colors looks a bit strange to me... maybe it is just me... but I do not like any of the grays or blacks. I like the imperial blue only... except when the car is under the sun... then it will show bright purple... so weird
And what about the interiors??? anybody likes cinnamon??? I tried to convince myself it combined well with imperial blue... but no way lol... Anyway... colors is a very very subjective area... in the place where I live most cars are gray, black or white (what I call "boring" colors)... it is obvious that people like those here. |
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11-12-2013, 09:33 AM | #27 |
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My dealer doesn't seem to know anything about it. They are looking at me like I have two heads. They say, the only colors available are the ones on the website. They also say, no one has ever asked them for a color not on the website. This is a very small dealership, so maybe that is true.
When you say any color you want, from what selection? There must be a palette to choose from, and a price list to go along with it. Where can I view the colors, so I can see possible colors, and I can get a price quote, or do I send them a sample color, and they match it. I don't understand the custom color selection process, and pricing. Can someone please give me a link to this information. |
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For example, there should always be across the board for all cars, a non-metallic red choice at no cost, along with the Alpine White and Jet Black. It would also be nice in the M-Sport line if they added a bright color like Luguna Seca Blue or Imalo Yellow or red. Also, BMW should recognize that if I find a color I love, I am much more likely to add packages and options. I mean if your buying a grey, black, or white car, for lack of color options. There will always a feeling of dissatisfaction with the car despite the quality and performance. I have a non-metallic red car, and everyday I walk out to my car, and smile. It is such a beautiful car. I have had monochromatic colors before, and I don't get that feeling of pride as much. |
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Given that you are very concerned about option cost and retained value, regardless of what colour you'd really like your next BMW to be, you should ask a major dealer in a city close to you what the top 4 selling colours are in descending order of popularity and pick one of those. I think colour will be the first "option" someone will look at when shopping for a car. I saw a picture of an M5 in "Sakhir Orange" somewhere. It looks hot, but I'm sure most people will tire of it after a short while and when it comes time to sell, the owner will get hammered on the trade value.
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11-12-2013, 10:40 AM | #30 |
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The fact we cant get a medium blue car with Msport pack or a Red color is idiotic.
Whats the point of Jet Black, Carbon Black, black sapphire, imperial blue - 4 colors that cant be told apart unless car is clean and its sunny. |
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I bet the 5er could actually pull off Atacama Yellow in M Sport guise... With the 19"ers
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Btw to all the ppl saying well look at the sale #s.....who cares???
90% of the ppl that buy the 5 just go and get any car off the lot and only buy it bec of the badge. No excuse for not offering brighter colors. |
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On the point of most popular colors, Dealers are the ones that order most of the cars sold, and they tend to be conservative in ordering. I live in a small town, and they don't order diesels here very often. To test drive a diesel, I had to drive four hours away, and the same to see any colors other than black or grey. Consequently they don't sell many diesels nor cars that are not grey or black. Also, as far as resale, it is better to have an appealing color that is different. I'm not talking about Liberace Green or Bird Cage Yellow. I am just talking about a basic non-metallic red, yellow or green. Skittles aren't black, white, silver, grey, and brown because they wouldn't sell. Shouldn't BMW pick up on this. Lighten up BMW! your cars are the best in the world, and I'll buy them even if they are Henry Fords favorite color, but bring some color to the folks trying to make it into the mid-level luxury car market. |
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I absolutely hear you that you want to get the best car you can. Since color is clearly as important to you as the car, have you considered other options such as wrapping? This is a pretty extreme green, but whatever dude. |
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I didn't say I was poor, but I am not rich. I live on a fixed income, and have to purchase my car from savings, and can only afford to buy good value. I want an economy car with cargo room, and great resale value that's fun to drive. I think BMW delivers on this very well, except for some unfortunate marketing decisions I have addressed in a recently added thread.
Color is not the most important thing to me. If they only offered this car in black I would still buy the 535dx. However, I still want it in a brighter color like non-metallic red, and I think a lot of other people would too. Yeah, that green is a little to loud for me. |
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I've tried to be helpful responding to your posts in your quest to get the right car with the best resale on what you say is a limited budget, but I'm not sure I am helping you. You seem to know quite a bit more than me (and possibly BMW) about what will sell and what options will retain value. Maybe you are right. But if I had to invest my money in the car business, I'd rather invest it with BMW than with you. You may not like what colours they produce and you may not like what your dealer brings in, but your dealer (and BMW) knows what will sell. If you are buying a car to keep for a long time and don't care what it will sell for when you are done with it, you should pick exactly what you want. If you are sensitive to what the car's depreciation will be, you should stick to what the dealer says is popular even though you may find it boring, otherwise you may have trouble getting rid of it. As to the issue of depreciation - all cars depreciate at a ridiculous rate, but we had a Honda that beat its lease residual so that is always an option.
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I already know, that buying no options is the best way to retain value. I came here to ask guys who drive these cars what their favorite options are. I think I got my answers to that question. I am now just trying to find out price and available colors. I didn't know you could order custom colors other than what are on the website. until, I started this thread, and saw the pictures. I still don't know how to get them ordered, and what they cost except for a few $5,000 examples. Since, my dealer doesn't know. I thought some of you guys who bought them could tell me. |
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Wish to see those colors....(what a shame bmw decided to drop the M touring)
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I also understand you don't think much of the BMW black and white colours, but perhaps you should take a closer look at them. They are multi-layered with a lot of depth and hints of other colour. You might not like them, but many do. Good luck in your quest. |
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