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Paint code P53 · Special order · BMW Individual Frozen Red (matte)
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Tied #33 most common of 94 special-order colors.

Bimmerpost build sheets, 2018

Frozen Red Metallic (P53) is a frozen BMW Individual paint, seen on the F80 M3 for US model years 2015–2016. 18 F80 M3s were painted in it. Counted in 2018 from every car's build sheet. Model years

Frozen Red vs Frozen Red II

Two paints, two codes. Both are frozen.

Frozen RedPaint code P5318builtUS model years 2015–2016This page
Frozen Red IIPaint code P5E16builtUS model year 2018See this paint →

P53 years sourceP5E years source

Where they went

Frozen Red Metallic: cars by market and model, Bimmerpost build-sheet tally
MarketPre-LCILCICSTotal
US & Canada13–4
Europe/RoW39–12
RHD markets11–2
All513018
BMW changed the model in mid-2015. In the US, pre-LCI cars are mostly 2015 models. Bimmerpost build-sheet tally, 2018.Source

By year

MDataWorks counts 18: 1 manual and 17 DCT.

Frozen Red Metallic: cars by market and year, MDataWorks
Market20152016Total
US134
Canada––0
Europe/RoW5712
UK/AU/JP2–2
All81018

Swatch color is an estimate. Reference

Next: Jubilee Silver MetallicThe next paint, by cars built.17 cars built.