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Orinoco
Metallic

Paint code 406 · Special order · BMW classic Orinoco
1built
An F80 M3 in Orinoco Metallic

Front ¾ · Cloud

01 / 04

Photo: Cars & Bids · CaptCrunch

Tied #78 most common of 94 special-order colors.

Bimmerpost build sheets, 2018

Orinoco Metallic (406) is a metallic BMW Individual paint, seen on the F80 M3 for US model year 2018. 1 F80 M3 was painted in it. Counted in 2018 from every car's build sheet. Model years

The dot is the body color picked off that photo.

One paint, 4 photos

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

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

Dots: the 4 photos. Line: BMW's own color chip.

  • Sun, front 3/4: #475866, lightness 45. Photo: Cars & Bids · CaptCrunch
  • Sun, rear 3/4: #485464, lightness 44. Photo: Cars & Bids · CaptCrunch
  • Overcast, front 3/4: #455059, lightness 43. Photo: Cars & Bids · CaptCrunch
  • Sun, side: #31475e, lightness 39. Photo: Cars & Bids · CaptCrunch

Where they went

Orinoco Metallic: cars by market and model, Bimmerpost build-sheet tally
MarketPre-LCILCICSTotal
US & Canada–1–1
Europe/RoW–––0
RHD markets–––0
All0101
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 1: 1 manual and 0 DCT. 1 had the Competition Package.

Orinoco Metallic: cars by market and year, MDataWorks
Market2018Total
US11
Canada–0
Europe/RoW–0
UK/AU/JP–0
All11

What they sell for

1 sold at public auction.

$52,000 typical sale price.
Public auction sales of Orinoco Metallic F80 M3s
Car and dateMilesPrice and listing
2018 M3 Competition · Manual2023-03-14 · 61,500 mi$52,000Cars & Bids

Swatch color is an estimate. Reference

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