[Tag]

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

So it's just a packaging change and is not the same as the end of availability of the separate components of this package?

Originally Posted by GeniusAdam

Yes, I believe so. For now I can still see the package, but from July it disappears from the configurator. But separate options (490, SABI leather etc.) are still there even for July.

There’s currently a rumor floating around on various BMW forums, claiming that the brand’s Individual color program for the M3 and M4 is dying in the U.S. According to the rumor, Individual paints are out for the M3 and M4 and won’t return for this generation, even after the LCI comes. If that’s true, you’ll have to wait until the next-generation of M3, which will come on the Neue Klasse chassis, to get a unique color for your M3 or M4.

However, according to our sources, that’s just not true. The initial post was referring to BMW Individual Composition which is something that was never really offered in the United States anyway. As far as BMW’s Individual program, this is incredibly profitable in the U.S. market, with such paints costing around $5,000 each, it’s also very popular. Our sources say that BMW doesn’t even know where the rumor started from and that Individual paints will continue to be available on the M3 and M4 in 2023, in the U.S.

It’s relieving to hear that BMW will keep its Individual program. Of course, it’s more money that I’ll likely be able to ever own, so I don’t have any real skin in the game. However, I do love a good Individual color. My opinion has been stated multiple times here, that if you’re getting a special car, get a special color. Enough white, black, and grey, lets’ get some blues, reds, and yellows in the factories in Germany.

I can understand the panic, though. This will be the last purely gas-powered BMW M3 in history, so there are tons of people looking to buy one with a special color. If you’re one of those people, the rumored news of BMW shutting Individual colors for the M3 and M4 must have been devastating. Thankfully, we’re here to tell you that the rumors aren’t true and that you can still get funky-colored BMW M3s and M4s, to upstage your boring neighbors with.

Source: BMWBLOG

[Tag]

ynguldyn do you still see an M2 Competition at some point in the lifecycle of the G87? According to BMWBLOG they're saying BMW plans to skip an M2 Competiton and go straight to an M2 CS.

BMWBLOG: BMW M2 CS G87: Why It’s Likely to be Built

[MadBimmeRad]

Originally Posted by Tag

ynguldyn do you still see an M2 Competition at some point in the lifecycle of the G87? According to BMWBLOG they're saying BMW plans to skip an M2 Competiton and go straight to an M2 CS.

BMWBLOG: BMW M2 CS G87: Why It’s Likely to be Built

I read it differently; it is suggesting that CS is more of a foregone conclusion than the Competition. I didn't get the hint that there won't be a Competition version.

But who knows what BMW is thinking these days

[Tuxedo]

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

Weird. Maybe I accidentally deleted it while editing the top post. It's 10/25.

heads up on a typo G29 is labeled G26, always looking to get updated on the MT Z

btw ynguldyn thanks greatly for all your efforts and energy

[Tag]

Originally Posted by MadBimmeRad

I read it differently; it is suggesting that CS is more of a foregone conclusion than the Competition. I didn't get the hint that there won't be a Competition version.

But who knows what BMW is thinking these days

The quote below is part of that article. Seems pretty clear that they don't think there will be an M2C.

If a BMW M2 CS does happen, you can expect it to jump right over the M2 Competition. The base G87 M2 already starts at the power levels and performance of the previous M2 CS F87. We experienced that while driving a prototype last year. So there is a smaller gap to close now between models. As you’d expect, there are currently rumors in Munich about an upcoming M2 CS. Furthermore, it seems that it’s going to be the only other model variant of the G87 M2. As far as we know, there isn’t a G87 M2 Competition currently planned.

[medphysdave]

Any idea if the vehicle in this patent submission is a future model or marketing fluff.

You can stick your head out the window of your electric car after you've added some fuel fragrance and reminisce about the good olé days

https://carbuzz.com/news/bmw-turns-e...air-fresheners

[ynguldyn]

No XM 50e for the US.

[darksilkx1]

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

No XM 50e for the US.

I'm assuming because it would lower the pricing too much for their "Halo Car".

[ynguldyn]

Originally Posted by darksilkx1

I'm assuming because it would lower the pricing too much for their "Halo Car".

I think it's all about the expectations of making money on a specific model. I don't know the internals of this process but it seems like there's a gate ~6 months before a model's intro to the market where BMW decides if the market will take the car (by then, the car itself is ready for production, so it's not an engineering decision). If you go back in the history of this thread, there are several other examples of the same thing happening at approximately the same time frame, with much more mundane models, like for example the planned but never sold US F45 2GT or most recently US iX1.

[Tim@codemybimmer]

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

I think it's all about the expectations of making money on a specific model. I don't know the internals of this process but it seems like there's a gate ~6 months before a model's intro to the market where BMW decides if the market will take the car (by then, the car itself is ready for production, so it's not an engineering decision). If you go back in the history of this thread, there are several other examples of the same thing happening at approximately the same time frame, with much more mundane models, like for example the planned but never sold US F45 2GT or most recently US iX1.

It still boggles my mind why they cancelled the iX1 for North America. It would have been a good competitor to the Audi e-tron Q4 or Mercedes EQB within a similar price point.

[bd250]

It looks like the 30d wont be offered on the G60 at all? Looks like it’s coming close to the end of the road for the B57 and they won’t make a sucesssor?

[Yk11]

Originally Posted by bd250

It looks like the 30d wont be offered on the G60 at all? Looks like it’s coming close to the end of the road for the B57 and they won’t make a sucesssor?

There will be a B57 with SOP 07.2024 (they are calling it 540d but its more or less the same as today's 530d)...

[ynguldyn]

Added some F74 details and the timeline for Highway/Motorway Assistant availability.

Anyone has good suggestions on where I should dump the info on MINI?

[12nine]

Between the current list of infos for certain BMW models and the EOP list?

[SW19]

Originally Posted by ynguldyn

Added some F74 details and the timeline for Highway/Motorway Assistant availability.

Anyone has good suggestions on where I should dump the info on MINI?

I would like to read about the new MINI info.I’m actually surprised that there isn’t a MINI section on the forum.

[MadBimmeRad]

Originally Posted by SW19

I would like to read about the new MINI info.I’m actually surprised that there isn’t a MINI section on the forum.

For the same reason why there is no Rolls Royce section

[SW19]

Originally Posted by MadBimmeRad

For the same reason why there is no Rolls Royce section

They can add that too.

[redlineblog]

ynguldyn Do you have any information on a possible F40 LCI? We have been seeing camouflaged 1 Series prototypes on the road for a year now but it seems a bit too early to be testing the F70 – and they look too much like F40s?

[dreamworks]

ynguldyn Any chance of a G80/G82 comp Mx drive 6MT (503hp/406tq) before EOP?

[ynguldyn]

Originally Posted by redlineblog

ynguldyn Do you have any information on a possible F40 LCI? We have been seeing camouflaged 1 Series prototypes on the road for a year now but it seems a bit too early to be testing the F70 – and they look too much like F40s?

F70 is coming out in just over a year, there's no time left for any F40 updates.

[bimmerbenz65]

Just saw some 2025 X3 spy shots that show the M50i (?) - it has quad exhausts along with a charging port. Im thinking the next “M40i” upgrade to the X5 50e powertrain. If there was an M350e I would hop on that so quick - love the around town electric option with my 330e but would love it paired with the B58! So I hope this is correct

[ynguldyn]

Originally Posted by bimmerbenz65

Just saw some 2025 X3 spy shots that show the M50i (?) - it has quad exhausts along with a charging port. Im thinking the next “M40i” upgrade to the X5 50e powertrain. If there was an M350e I would hop on that so quick - love the around town electric option with my 330e but would love it paired with the B58! So I hope this is correct

That's some very blue sky thinking.