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Mineral White
Metallic

Paint code A96 · Order-form paint
4,093built
An F80 M3 in Mineral White Metallic

Front ¾ · Cloud

01 / 07

Photo: Bring a Trailer · TKAD

#4 most common of 16 order-form paints. 11.8% of all F80 M3s.

Bimmerpost build sheets, 2018

BMW built 4,093 F80 M3s in Mineral White Metallic (A96). Counted in 2018 from every car's build sheet.

The dot is the body color picked off that photo.

One paint, 7 photos

Each dot is the color picked off the body in one real photo. The light and the camera both move it.

8 points of lightness, brightest to darkest photo.
0 · black100 · white

Dots: the 7 photos. Line: BMW's own color chip.

  • Sun, front 3/4: #e4f6f9, lightness 96. Photo: Bring a Trailer · rubberbelly7
  • Sun, side: #daeaf4, lightness 93. Photo: Bring a Trailer · rubberbelly7
  • Sun, rear 3/4: #dadfde, lightness 90. Photo: Bring a Trailer · rubberbelly7
  • Sun, side: #d4dceb, lightness 89. Photo: Bring a Trailer · chebishyan
  • Overcast, front 3/4: #d1dde6, lightness 89. Photo: Bring a Trailer · TKAD
  • Sun, rear 3/4: #d3dce6, lightness 89. Photo: Bring a Trailer · chebishyan
  • Sun, front 3/4: #ccd8e8, lightness 88. Photo: Bring a Trailer · chebishyan

Where they went

Mineral White Metallic: cars by market and model, Bimmerpost build-sheet tally
MarketPre-LCILCICSTotal
US4771,428–1,905
Canada3588–123
Europe/RoW212589–801
RHD markets278986–1,264
All1,0023,09104,093
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 4,093: 475 manual and 3,618 DCT. 1,722 had the Competition Package.

Mineral White Metallic: cars by market and year, MDataWorks
Market20142015201620172018Total
US–4774144165991,906
Canada–35374010122
Europe/RoW57205235171133801
UK/AU/JP1512742923591881,264
All2089919789869304,093
MDataWorks files 1 more under US and 1 fewer under Canada; North America is 2,028 in both.Source

What they sell for

13 sold at public auction.

$46,000 typical sale price.
Public auction sales of Mineral White Metallic F80 M3s
Car and dateMilesPrice and listing
2015 M3 · Manual2026-08-28 · 87,600 mi$34,888Cars & Bids
2018 M3 Competition · DCT2026-08-17 · 42,900 mi$52,500Cars & Bids
2018 M3 Competition · DCT2026-07-19 · 38,000 mi$57,000Bring a Trailer
2018 M3 Competition · DCT2026-07-12 · 36,000 mi$60,000Bring a Trailer
2015 M3 · Manual2025-03-07 · 102,400 mi$28,500Cars & Bids
2015 M3 · DCT2024-04-15 · 59,700 mi$40,250Cars & Bids
2018 M3 Competition · DCT2023-05-16 · 15,000 mi$58,000Bring a Trailer
2018 M3 Competition · DCT2023-05-02 · 28,000 mi$54,500Bring a Trailer
2016 M3 · Manual2023-01-25 · 42,200 mi$41,500Cars & Bids
2016 M3 · Manual2022-12-23 · 24,600 mi$44,500Cars & Bids
2017 M3 Competition · Manual2022-09-17 · 21,000 mi$46,000Bring a Trailer
2016 M3 · DCT2022-07-21 · 51,100 mi$39,000Cars & Bids
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