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Velvet Blue
Metallic
Paint code 379 · Special order · BMW classic Velvet Blue
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Tied #28 most common of 94 special-order colors.
Velvet Blue Metallic (379) is a metallic BMW Individual paint, seen on the F80 M3 for US model years 2017–2018. 22 F80 M3s were painted in it. Counted in 2018 from every car's build sheet. Model years
The dot is the body color picked off that photo.
Where they went
| Market | Pre-LCI | LCI | CS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US & Canada | – | 3 | – | 3 |
| Europe/RoW | – | 12 | – | 12 |
| RHD markets | – | 7 | – | 7 |
| All | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
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 22: 2 manual and 20 DCT. 16 had the Competition Package.
| Market | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Canada | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Europe/RoW | – | – | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| UK/AU/JP | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 7 |
| All | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 22 |
Swatch color is an estimate. Reference
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