[DaveDBD]

What is the cost to order an individual color on a 2025 in the USA?

[nacs]

Originally Posted by DaveDBD

What is the cost to order an individual color on a 2025 in the USA?

$5K for non M vehicles, $4.5K for M vehicles is what my CA told me when I did mine.

[Scrapula]

I am at the Electrify Expo car show and saw an X5 in frozen marina bay blue. Prettiest color I have ever seen. I would pay extra for that.

[nacs]

I’m going tmrw to check it out. Is it worth it?

[Bob in IL]

Originally Posted by Scrapula

I am at the Electrify Expo car show and saw an X5 in frozen marina bay blue. Prettiest color I have ever seen. I would pay extra for that.

I recently saw a video and the X5 had this color. VERY nice!

[Blue Sky]

Some videos from a nearby dealer show an X3 with and Individual color and it shows $1300 on the window sticker for the color. Seems strange, because I would have thought there’s more surface area to paint on a truck than a sedan.

[DaveDBD]

I’m thinking of a purple 540.

It used to be $7500 so any price less would be nice.

[mjr24]

Originally Posted by DaveDBD

I’m thinking of a purple 540.

It used to be $7500 so any price less would be nice.

I thought it was $5500 now….

[nacs]

I paid $5k in August for individual paint on my 2025 550e.

[SkykingUSA]

Perhaps it depends on the color you choose. I think some colors are made up of 3 different paints and those probably cost more.

[DaveDBD]

My dealer says on individual color adds 10-12 weeks to deliver on top of normal time.

Is this correct?

That means an October 2024 build would be delivered in March/April 2025.

[nacs]

Originally Posted by DaveDBD

My dealer says on individual color adds 10-12 weeks to deliver on top of normal time.

Is this correct?

That means an October 2024 build would be delivered in March/April 2025.

I placed my order start of August and have a late October build week as of now. We will see how that evolves.

[DaveDBD]

You’ve got far more patience than I do. It will be 5 months or more from order to delivery, or almost half a model year.

[nacs]

Originally Posted by DaveDBD

You’ve got far more patience than I do. It will be 5 months or more from order to delivery, or almost half a model year.

I’m going with the new 550e so admittedly not sure how behind I’ll be when it arrives…..

[DaveDBD]

Just FYI, I was told that if you are a BMW owner you can order any color ever made for $7500.

[Sisyrx]

Originally Posted by DaveDBD

Just FYI, I was told that if you are a BMW owner you can order any color ever made for $7500.

Any more info on this or how to ask for it?
That is a premium I’d consider to keep Estoril Blue.

[DaveDBD]

Your BMW dealer should know about it.

[Dragonfly Trumpeter]

Originally Posted by SkykingUSA

Perhaps it depends on the color you choose. I think some colors are made up of 3 different paints and those probably cost more.

Maybe the massive app $4/5k price difference for individual colours is due to costs incurred and time lost changing production for a very limited spec rather than a normal extended spell of 'standard' paint jobs like carbon black etc running through the paint shop

[nacs]

Here are several good articles:

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/globa...xm?language=en

https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/globa...ss?language=en

[DaveDBD]

Indvidual colors are painted elsewhere from the standard paints and thus require extra time for shipping and handling as well as the paint itself.

[Blue Sky]

I don’t know. I don’t think you can have ANY color anymore. I believe you used to be able to pay a high fee when BMW Individual actual did provide custom services, but now it’s just an extended parts list. I remember people getting Estoril even though it wasn’t offered any more, as well as colors from exotic Italian makes.

Even $5k isn’t that much for an extended color pallatte. Porsche charges $13k for the extended color choices, and $30k to develop a paint to order, like from a piece of some material. As always, production time is affected and in reality, noone can give you a reliable estimate of how much extra time it will take, just like no estimate about when your car will arrive has anything to do with reality.

[nacs]

Originally Posted by TLK

I don’t know. I don’t think you can have ANY color anymore. I believe you used to be able to pay a high fee when BMW Individual actual did provide custom services, but now it’s just an extended parts list. I remember people getting Estoril even though it wasn’t offered any more, as well as colors from exotic Italian makes.

Even $5k isn’t that much for an extended color pallatte. Porsche charges $13k for the extended color choices, and $30k to develop a paint to order, like from a piece of some material. As always, production time is affected and in reality, noone can give you a reliable estimate of how much extra time it will take, just like no estimate about when your car will arrive has anything to do with reality.

I agree $5K isn't much especially given some of the color costs from the standard pallet. Also, my understanding is that it isn't any color nor is it any leather or stitching etc. ...The program has been significantly paired down unless you happen to be some VIP that maybe has additional pull.