Iceman

I can't.

It's much more than just colors.

You can easily add 100K on Individual options to the car.

I would allow my customers to spend their money on my products...

seoulman

You do have a point and I agree that customers should be able to configure as they please, but I guessing that the take up of the Individual Program was very limited in the U.S. Therefore no longer economically viable for BMW to offer it. The still have the Individual Program in Korea...

TAmes

So the bottom line appears to be that the salesguy at the dealer here is mistaken about my being able to order a custom color because BMW Individual is not available in the U.S. Correct?

seoulman

I'm not in the U.S., but from what I can gather, it may be that certain colors are available at extra cost, but it appears that the Individual Program is no more in the U.S. Your best bet would be to check with BMW NA.

530ISPORT

OMG is this true... cause if im getting the M3 its going to be in lunaseca blue.... i think thats how you spell it... i had a 2002 M3 in this color i loved it....

seoulman

You mean the Laguna Seca Blue? I think the new M3 has Le Mans Blue and Interlagos Blue and the one closest to the Laguna Seca Blue is the Interlagos Blue.

Gene

To the OP:

Best bet might be to email a few dealerships in the area with your special paint order and see what they say, as it seems no one here can give you a straight answer (including myself) Keep us posted please...

GL

seoulman

+1

Iceman

AFAIK BMW Individual is officially not an option in the USA.
This has to do with different factors, such as the possibility/right to step out of the contract. Then the dealer would have a car with "goofy" options he couldn't sell.

Since BMW Individual does exist, there must be a way to order it. But I guess your dealer would need to oder a c ar, and sent his Individual order to the factory, not to BMW NA. And he would probably make you pay for it in advance, so you can't just step out of it.
Besides this "speculaton" there are allways Individual options available through regular BMW AG sales. Such as the high gloss shadow line, which can be ordered without Individual, but is an Individual option.
My guess is, that the paint option is one of those that are made available for the US, but the dealers have to know about and have to have the guts to order them.

But since I'm not in the US this is all just wild speculation!

Breae60

The 5K for custom paint is correct. When I ordered my e60, I had that as an option. They did show me an X5 in Imola Red that someone ordered.