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F80M3

Every F80 color

16 paints you could tick on the order form, plus 94 special-order colors from BMW Individual. Every petal is one paint.

110 paints, order form and BMW Individual.

Every paint as one flower

Every paint, up close

110 paints.

51 are real paint, cropped from owner photos. 59 are color chips with a dashed edge.

1 = only one car built

How taste moved

Yas Marina Blue went from 15.4% of 2015 cars to 7.6% in 2018. San Marino Blue went from 0.4% to 7.3%.

1,8972014*7,12120157,71320167,533201710,4132018Alpine WhiteMineral WhiteSilverstone IIMineral GreyBlack SapphireYas Marina Blue

Thicker stream, more cars.

Cars built per year for the 12 most common paints
Paint20142015201620172018
Black Sapphire Metallic4091097116914132024
Alpine White351122210239121442
Mineral Grey Metallic20191710339781447
Mineral White Metallic208991978986930
Yas Marina Blue Metallic3741099906769789
Silverstone II Metallic94511633575272
Tanzanite Blue Metallic17127321304343
Austin Yellow Metallic103330226182261
Sakhir Orange II Metallic0062418495
San Marino Blue Metallic3286881756
Sakhir Orange Metallic9836338430
Macao Blue Metallic053102318

Order-form paints

16 paints.Source
F80 M3 in Black Sapphire Metallic
Black Sapphire Metallic
Code 475CS color
6,111
built
Code 475
F80 M3 in Alpine White
Alpine White
Code 300CS color
4,950
built
Code 300
F80 M3 in Mineral Grey Metallic
Mineral Grey Metallic
Code B39
4,576
built
Code B39
F80 M3 in Mineral White Metallic
Mineral White Metallic
Code A96
4,093
built
Code A96
F80 M3 in Yas Marina Blue Metallic
Yas Marina Blue Metallic
Code B68
3,937
built
Code B68
F80 M3 in Silverstone II Metallic
Silverstone II Metallic
Code A29
2,085
built
Code A29
F80 M3 in Tanzanite Blue Metallic
Tanzanite Blue Metallic
Code X10
1,112
built
Code X10
F80 M3 in Austin Yellow Metallic
Austin Yellow Metallic
Code B67
1,102
built
Code B67
F80 M3 in Sakhir Orange II Metallic
Sakhir Orange II Metallic
Code C1H
975
built
Code C1H
F80 M3 in San Marino Blue Metallic
San Marino Blue Metallic
Code B51CS color
936
built
Code B51
F80 M3 in Sakhir Orange Metallic
Sakhir Orange Metallic
Code B50
848
built
Code B50
F80 M3 in Azurite Black Metallic
Azurite Black Metallic
Code S34
541
built
Code S34
F80 M3 in Champagne Quartz Metallic
Champagne Quartz Metallic
Code X08
142
built
Code X08
F80 M3 in Smoked Topaz Metallic
Smoked Topaz Metallic
Code X12
58
built
Code X12
F80 M3 in Moon Stone Metallic
Moon Stone Metallic
Code S37/X04
35
built
Code S37/X04
Pyrite Brown Metallic
Code X13
12
built
Code X13

CS colors

The M3 CS came in 5 paints. The number is CS cars only. Build-sheet tally · M3 CS specs

F80 M3 in San Marino Blue Metallic
San Marino Blue Metallic
Code B51CS color
405
CS built
build sheets
Code B51
F80 M3 in Black Sapphire Metallic
Black Sapphire Metallic
Code 475CS color
248
CS built
build sheets
Code 475
F80 M3 in Lime Rock Grey Metallic
Lime Rock Grey Metallic
Code C39CS color
227
CS built
build sheets
Code C39
F80 M3 in Alpine White
Alpine White
Code 300CS color
203
CS built
build sheets
Code 300
F80 M3 in Frozen Dark Blue II Metallic
Frozen Dark Blue II Metallic
Code P5ZCS color
171
CS built
build sheets
Code P5Z

The home picker counts 2018 CS cars from MDataWorks: Black Sapphire 247, Lime Rock Grey 231, Frozen Dark Blue II 173. The other CS paints match.

BMW Individual colors

Cars that left the factory in a paint that was not on the normal list. These are the ones we have photos of.

3,144 cars in special-order paint.Source
Show all 36
F80 M3 in Macao Blue Metallic
Macao Blue Metallic
Code 250
554
built
Code 250
F80 M3 in Lime Rock Grey Metallic
Lime Rock Grey Metallic
Code C39CS color
227
built
Code C39
F80 M3 in Grigio Telesto Pearl Metallic
Grigio Telesto Pearl Metallic
Code P6M
211
built
Code P6M
F80 M3 in Frozen Dark Blue II Metallic
Frozen Dark Blue II Metallic
Code P5ZCS color
174
built
Code P5Z
F80 M3 in Frozen Black Metallic
Frozen Black Metallic
Code U91
133
built
Code U91
F80 M3 in Imola Red II
Imola Red II
Code 405
128
built
Code 405
F80 M3 in Frozen Brilliant White Metallic
Frozen Brilliant White Metallic
Code X16
114
built
Code X16
F80 M3 in Fire Orange II
Fire Orange II
Code U94
110
built
Code U94
F80 M3 in Nardo Grey
Nardo Grey
Code P6K
107
built
Code P6K
F80 M3 in Avus Blue
Avus Blue
Code 276
106
built
Code 276
F80 M3 in Ferrari Red
Ferrari Red
Code U90
96
built
Code U90
F80 M3 in Laguna Seca Blue
Laguna Seca Blue
Code 448
82
built
Code 448
F80 M3 in Frozen Silver Metallic (X18)
Frozen Silver Metallic (X18)
Code X18
71
built
Code X18
F80 M3 in Java Green Metallic
Java Green Metallic
Code W14
70
built
Code W14
F80 M3 in Atlantis Metallic
Atlantis Metallic
Code 399
59
built
Code 399
F80 M3 in Fashion Grey
Fashion Grey
Code P6H
59
built
Code P6H
F80 M3 in Daytona Violet Metallic
Daytona Violet Metallic
Code 283
54
built
Code 283
F80 M3 in Grigio Medio
Grigio Medio
Code P6U
52
built
Code P6U
F80 M3 in Speed Yellow
Speed Yellow
Code U96
50
built
Code U96
F80 M3 in Mexico Blue
Mexico Blue
Code P5A
35
built
Code P5A
F80 M3 in British Racing Green
British Racing Green
Code 312
33
built
Code 312
F80 M3 in Santorini Blue II
Santorini Blue II
Code 327
32
built
Code 327
F80 M3 in Purple Silk Metallic
Purple Silk Metallic
Code R61
30
built
Code R61
F80 M3 in Long Beach Blue Metallic
Long Beach Blue Metallic
Code C16
25
built
Code C16
F80 M3 in Signal Green
Signal Green
Code P56
24
built
Code P56
F80 M3 in Miami Blue
Miami Blue
Code P5W
22
built
Code P5W
F80 M3 in Velvet Blue Metallic
Velvet Blue Metallic
Code 379
22
built
Code 379
F80 M3 in Verde Mantis
Verde Mantis
Code P5N
22
built
Code P5N
F80 M3 in Dakar Yellow II
Dakar Yellow II
Code 337
21
built
Code 337
F80 M3 in Enzian Blue
Enzian Blue
Code W37
18
built
Code W37
F80 M3 in Twilight Purple Metallic
Twilight Purple Metallic
Code P28
14
built
Code P28
F80 M3 in Ruby Red II Metallic
Ruby Red II Metallic
Code S03
12
built
Code S03
F80 M3 in Estoril Blue II Metallic
Estoril Blue II Metallic
Code B45
11
built
Code B45
F80 M3 in Sunburst Gold Metallic
Sunburst Gold Metallic
Code WP66
2
built
Code WP66
F80 M3 in Orinoco Metallic
Orinoco Metallic
Code 406
1
built
Code 406
F80 M3 in Silverlake Metallic
Silverlake Metallic
Code T61
1
built
Code T61

All 94 special-order colors, by shade ↓

Every color, by shade

All 110 paints, order-form and BMW Individual. Most cars first.

Show all 110 by shade

Counts from the Bimmerpost build-sheet tally.

Next: ProductionWho got how many, and when.34,677 F80 M3s built.