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Tanzanite Blue
Metallic

Paint code X10 · Order-form paint
1,112built

#7 most common of 16 order-form paints. 3.2% of all F80 M3s.

Bimmerpost build sheets, 2018: paint table + Individual table

1,108 on the order-form paint table + 4 through BMW Individual.

BMW built 1,112 F80 M3s in Tanzanite Blue Metallic (X10). 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.

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

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

  • Sun, side: #1d2840, lightness 28. Photo: Bring a Trailer · SmithVolvo
  • Overcast, front 3/4: #232836, lightness 28. Photo: Bring a Trailer · donzo35
  • Sun, rear 3/4: #222837, lightness 28. Photo: Bring a Trailer · SmithVolvo
  • Overcast, rear 3/4: #212640, lightness 28. Photo: Bring a Trailer · donzo35
  • Sun, front 3/4: #22273a, lightness 28. Photo: Bring a Trailer · michaelmahoney
  • Sun, front 3/4: #092442, lightness 26. Photo: Bring a Trailer · SmithVolvo
  • Overcast, side: #19221e, lightness 24. Photo: Bring a Trailer · donzo35

Where they went

Tanzanite Blue Metallic: cars by market and model, Bimmerpost build-sheet tally
MarketPre-LCILCICSTotal
US43443–486
Canada821–29
Europe/RoW32341–373
RHD markets19201–220
BMW Individual–4–4
All1021,01001,112
BMW changed the model in mid-2015. In the US, pre-LCI cars are mostly 2015 models. Bimmerpost build-sheet tally, 2018.SourceIndividual table

By year

MDataWorks counts 1,112: 207 manual and 905 DCT. 577 had the Competition Package.

Tanzanite Blue Metallic: cars by market and year, MDataWorks
Market20142015201620172018Total
US–4317491178486
Canada–8106529
Europe/RoW93987115127377
UK/AU/JP837509233220
All171273213043431,112

What they sell for

9 sold at public auction.

$54,500 typical sale price.
Public auction sales of Tanzanite Blue Metallic F80 M3s
Car and dateMilesPrice and listing
2016 M3 · Manual2026-05-15 · 35,000 mi$54,500Bring a Trailer
2016 M3 · Manual2026-04-07 · 51,900 mi$50,500Cars & Bids
2018 M3 Competition · DCT2025-08-03 · 15,000 mi$85,555Bring a Trailer
2016 M3 · Manual2025-02-26 · 35,000 mi$59,000Bring a Trailer
2016 M3 · Manual2024-12-14 · 78,000 mi$34,250Bring a Trailer
2017 M3 · DCT2024-09-30 · 39,200 mi$46,000Cars & Bids
2018 M3 Competition · Manual2024-09-13 · 42,100 mi$63,000Cars & Bids
2016 M3 · DCT2023-08-06 · 36,000 mi$46,250Bring a Trailer
2017 M3 Competition · DCT2022-11-23 · 21,000 mi$61,000Bring a Trailer
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