pharding

Opinion from an Architect

As I recall you are thinking about black on black. If you go with the black interior, the dark poplar with the black leather and dash is very beautiful. It looks rich and elegant. In my opinion the black anthracite with the black interior is too monochromatic. Boring. I have the dark poplar with a black interior and it is beautiful.

heezy545i

Didn't like the dark poplar on black at first, but now I think it looks quite nice. Would still prefer to have a lighter poplar, aluminum or some type of carbon fiber though.

GER_545SMG

I have a blk/blk/poplar and love it. Thought of going anthracite, but a few days with the poplar changed my mind (was going to have to swap it out). pharding and I share the same opinion, the poplar adds elegance to the black interior. I'm fairly young, 33, so I was concerned it might look a little stuffy, not the case at all. With the minimalist interior, I think the monochromatic effect with the black is a little spartan.

Dude, so when are you going to buy this car?!?!?!?!?! Good luck

Jimbo

I like the anthacite and wanted it to go with my light grey interior. The car I have has poplar because I only waited only a week for one with the other options I wanted. Poplar is nice but I want to add the wood gear shift knob, e-brake, rear and front extra wood pieces to fill out the interior and get rid of the aluminum.

For the light grey interior I would like either the antracite or the aluminum.

For a black interior I would go with something other than anthracite.

Good luck. Post some pics of your car when she comes in!

zippers525

Get aluminum and put 3m sitck carbon fiber over it HAHA

mlist84

black on black with poplar looks so much better in person. dont based your decision from photo, it is biased since the flash from camera makes the wood brighter thus uncontrast with the black leather.

see in person and you will se the rich feeling.


anthracite also good, but for my opinion it is too dark and monotone.

happy optioning... gut luck.

andy545

I can second that!!!

Sans

I like the dark poplar also - I think with a black interior it gives a sense of warmth and brings the cabin a little more "upscale" feeling. The other choices feel "younger" to me and as pharding said, a little too monochromatic....not to say younger is bad (especially since I consider myself young) just different....

DXXXi

I agree, the dark poplar looks great in the Black interior. I was kind of thinking aluminum but my wife really liked the wood so we went with that. Now I am glad to have it as I think it is much more refined looking.

I think I was hung up on the wood because my parents had a car in the 70s with plastic imitation wood which I hated.

John W

Everyone has an opinion.

I had the redwood in my black on black E39 540. I went with the anthracite with the new black on black 545. I was tired of the natural wood and thought it looked a little dated.

I like the anthracite - I would like a little more grain to it, but I think it's clean and more modern looking. The black wood softens the car and is in keeping with sport luxury.

To me, natural colored wood - light, dark whatever - looks more luxury and less sport, and should properly be accompanied by a wood/leather steering wheel.