[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

Yeah, and too bad individual isn’t available although that’s expensive. YMB is pretty close but would be amazing too. How about Laguna Seca? My girls would love pink.

YMB is my all-time favorite BMW blue and they don’t even offer it currently as an individual color for the M3’s and M4’s.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by Westside Guy

Several months ago I posted about a conversation that I had with a young guy in his 20's that was driving one of the first 6MT Supras delivered to the US. He told me he really wanted the Z4 with a 6 MT as he loves convertibles and if BMW ever got off of their butts and offered the 6MT he would purchase one without hesitation. Younger drivers do want convertibles!

He told me that his license plate that starts with a Z and ends with a 4 says it all as he is waiting for the 6MT Z4 to be released so he would use the same plate!

There’s another guy with a modded M2 over in that forum who has a Florida plate with ZVPRA. Stepping up!

[M3X3Z3]

Originally Posted by RigaTony1982

Color pallet is pretty bad for a roadster. All the colors are pretty dark. Could use some brighter ones for sure.

For decades now the highest accolade that could be given to BMW's standard color pallete has been nothing more than a dissapointing meh.

[RigaTony1982]

Originally Posted by M3X3Z3

For decades now the highest accolade that could be given to BMW's standard color pallete has been nothing more than a dissapointing meh.

It’s not just them though. Looking at other manufacturers websites, it’s basically the same.

[Pprior]

Nah P cars can be almost any color you want. Jag has some beautiful colors. Hell even Cadillac has some fun colors available

[RigaTony1982]

Originally Posted by Pprior

Nah P cars can be almost any color you want. Jag has some beautiful colors. Hell even Cadillac has some fun colors available

Yeah, but the bulk of the Porsche ones are special order. Can do the same for BMW, just not on the Z.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by Pprior

Nah P cars can be almost any color you want. Jag has some beautiful colors. Hell even Cadillac has some fun colors available

Paint to sample is $13k
718 is already overpriced to begin with
911 starts at $120k
Not exactly a fair comparison

The colors for G8x and Z are getting old, although as some have said at least the M3/4 can be special order individual for a reasonable price. Need a refresh of the palette for sure imo.

[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by RigaTony1982

Yeah, but the bulk of the Porsche ones are special order. Can do the same for BMW, just not on the Z.

If BMW offered their "Individual" color selection to Z4 buyers, I think you would have many people waiting a little longer and paying the extra money in order to own something very special. Unfortunately their partner Magna Steyr in Austria who manufactures the car does not have this capability.

[RigaTony1982]

Originally Posted by Westside Guy

If BMW offered their "Individual" color selection to Z4 buyers, I think you would have many people waiting a little longer and paying the extra money in order to own something very special. Unfortunately their partner Magna Steyr in Austria who manufactures the car does not have this capability.

I'd be cool if they would have just let us "borrow" some of that yellow paint they have sitting there that they're using for the Supra

[RigaTony1982]

Originally Posted by Westside Guy

If BMW offered their "Individual" color selection to Z4 buyers, I think you would have many people waiting a little longer and paying the extra money in order to own something very special. Unfortunately their partner Magna Steyr in Austria who manufactures the car does not have this capability.

BTW, I think they manufacture the Mercedes G-Wagon at Magna (at least they used to), and you can get that in their special-order colors. So I'm not sure it's a Magna Steyr issue.

[Westside Guy]

Originally Posted by RigaTony1982

BTW, I think they manufacture the Mercedes G-Wagon at Magna (at least they used to), and you can get that in their special-order colors. So I'm not sure it's a Magna Steyr issue.

If that is correct, then the culprit is either they have a limited capacity for doing special colors, or that BMW simply does not want to do it.

[Bimmerfun82]

G wagon has the profit margins to warrant the special colors plus lower volume I would imagine

[M4_444]

Originally Posted by RigaTony1982

I'd be cool if they would have just let us "borrow" some of that yellow paint they have sitting there that they're using for the Supra

Give me Dakar Yellow on a manual G29 and I'll be beyond happy.

[RigaTony1982]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

G wagon has the profit margins to warrant the special colors plus lower volume I would imagine

I see way more G Wagons around me than Z4's.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by RigaTony1982

I see way more G Wagons around me than Z4's.

But they’ve been selling them for decades. Most that I see are older than the G29.

[RigaTony1982]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

But they’ve been selling them for decades. Most that I see are older than the G29.

Looks like they've sold 5,770 in North America for 2023 through Q2 numbers. That's about 5 times the. number of Z4's sold. Crazy, seeing how $$ they are.

[GerryC]

Here's another article about Supra/GR86 sales being down:

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/2-popul...ruggling-sell/

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by GerryC

Here's another article about Supra/GR86 sales being down:

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/2-popul...ruggling-sell/

They leave out the biggest factor: the new G87 M2. Maybe that’s what caused the S58 Supra rumor.

[ebirotedu]

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4...et-a-gold-one/

Originally Posted by M4_444

Give me Dakar Yellow on a manual G29 and I'll be beyond happy.

[BMWGirlFL]

Next gen speculation here:
https://bestcarweb.jp/news/scoop/655088?prd=2

[ebirotedu]

Google translate FTW!

"If the S-type engine of the M3 and M4 is not handed over like the current model, and the B-type engine, which is said to be a heavy shopping car engine, will come in the next model, it would be better for Toyota to develop it in-house"

But seriously, I think we can all agree that the world has more than enough heavy shopping cars?

FWIW, it's not clear to me that the BMW being discussed will be a direct replacement for the Z4:

From the comments: "BMW wanted to make a successor to the i8 from the first collaboration, but Toyota forced it to become a large exhaust FR sports, so BMW's eco-color will be prioritized this time."

And: https://www.caranddriver.com/bmw/i8-m

Maybe this will be an i8/Supra tie-up of some sort?

Originally Posted by BMWGirlFL

Next gen speculation here:
https://bestcarweb.jp/news/scoop/655088?prd=2

[BMWGirlFL]

Originally Posted by ebirotedu

And: https://www.caranddriver.com/bmw/i8-m

Maybe this will be an i8/Supra tie-up of some sort?

Lexus speculation:
https://bestcarweb.jp/news/scoop/665856

I know nothing about Japanese cars.