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Lotus99

Wow, but do you think that the colours are accurate? I mean Deep Green as the fifth most popular colour?

And the two blue colours are the top colours and account for 1/4 of all the manual wagons?

bmwmonkey

How many Monaco blue E61 LCI M sport manuals in the US? I want to see how rare my car is.

TopPMP

None. Maybe a dealer later installed the M-sport kit, but no Monaco Blue has been manufactured by BMW with an M-sport kit.

When you run your VIN, does it show that it has the M-sport option (P337A) ?

TopPMP

The colors are accurate. I was surprised as well to see this many cars in Blue or Green, but VINs don't lie!

Lotus99

this is a great website that shows you all your options

BMW Model Archive · BMW VIN Decoder · bmwarchive.org

bmwmonkey

When I run the VIN I do not see any reference of P337A. I think I may have confused M-Sport steering wheel (S255A) as the M-Sport package.

TopPMP

Yes, S255A is the sport steering wheel and it is mutually exclusive with the M-sport package.

ucsbwsr

So I guess, I totally fubbed that one up! lol

Can you clarify the import stats for the E61 535xi. I heard it was ~2,000/year maybe 6,000-7,000 total for the 3 years curious to see how your stats compare.

Evan

TopPMP

I really like how your custom-made LCCC looks. Beige carpets are not the most practical I heard!
LCNG also came with black carpets, black airbag "stickers" and black speaker covers, so I love the contrast. Makes the seats really pop!

For the LCI E61, there were 4,115 cars total for NA, VIN # cx00000 to cx02999 and c237000 to c238114.

The VINs for the manuals were a separate series - CW98xxx, so you don't have to substract them from the 4,115 number.
However, do take into account that about 10% of the 4,115 were Canadian cars, which leaves you with about 3,700 for US alone.