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Long Beach Blue
Metallic
Paint code C16 · Special order · BMW F87 M2 launch color
25built
#26 most common of 94 special-order colors.
Long Beach Blue Metallic (C16) is a metallic BMW Individual paint, seen on the F80 M3 for US model years 2016–2018. 25 F80 M3s were painted in it. Counted in 2018 from every car's build sheet. Model years
Where they went
| Market | Pre-LCI | LCI | CS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US & Canada | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Europe/RoW | – | 9 | – | 9 |
| RHD markets | – | 13 | – | 13 |
| All | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
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 25: 0 manual and 25 DCT. 24 had the Competition Package.
| Market | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada | – | – | – | 0 |
| Europe/RoW | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| UK/AU/JP | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| All | 10 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
Swatch color is an estimate. Reference
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