Ruby Black Individual & Special Edition Dakar Yellow

[montreal red]

damn that brown leather looks amazing in the ruby car.

[1cleanm6]

i wish us usa customers got euro seats -_-

[H2]

Originally Posted by esquire

I'm curious about the exact same thing. OP, can you comment on whether the interior on the Dakar M3 is something that can even be ordered on Individual? and if so, can it be ordered in the US (perhaps via ED)?

- esquire

Originally Posted by 335i Piotr

From what the guy there told me, is that's part of the Special Edition. Not sure if it can be ordered Individual.

Originally Posted by esquire

That's very odd. I wonder what "special edition" this is. It's also a little weird to me that the one place any of us have seen this unique interior is from pics of the car on a dealership floor, rather than official BMW pics. I wish we had some solid details on this. I'm completely enamored.

It looks like that Dakar Yellow M3 is an "Edition" model as mentioned in the following thread: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287538. However, it looks like the black gloss wheels were replaced with the standard 19" wheels. The "Edition" models were not available in the U.S. As far as contrast stitching goes, some people have been able to get it through the Individual program in the U.S. (e.g., "Ringmeister").

[cipher5]

I really with Ruby Black was a standard color, that would be my choice in a hearbeat

[esquire]

Originally Posted by H2

It looks like that Dakar Yellow M3 is an "Edition" model as mentioned in the following thread: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=287538. However, it looks like the black gloss wheels were replaced with the standard 19" wheels. The "Edition" models were not available in the U.S. As far as contrast stitching goes, some people have been able to get it through the Individual program in the U.S. (e.g., "Ringmeister").

Quite possibly. Thanks for the links... I'll check them out!

EDIT - H2, Looks like your'e right about it being an "Edition" package interior. But regarding Ringmeister's car, it looks like Ringmesiter has contrast stitching like you mentioned, but not the wide contrast stripe on the top backrest, and lower legrest, which is yellow on the dakar coupe in this thread. In fact, Ringmeisters seat, don't even have the "indentation" (if you want to call it that), where the colored contrast stripe would go. Odd. Interestingly though, there was a car in THIS INDIVIDUAL COLOR THREAD, which had Individual Platinum Interior, Piano Black Trim on a Moonstone Metallic car, and the seats on that car did have the "indentation", though they were the same color as the rest of the seats. Now I'm more curious than ever

[M3 Piotr]

Originally Posted by sor

"Alle Priese inkl MwSt"... all prices include taxes, there's a 19% sales tax, and an emissions tax, and not sure what else... even then you have to compare cost of living as well. It's more expensive to live there, therefore wages are higher, but taxes are also higher, so it's really next to impossible to look at a pricetag like that and compare cost.

I wouldn't say they make more, there aren't that many nice cars in Europe as there are in US. And you're right, they do get taxed on everything. When I told my neighbors that I have a V8 4.0 liter in my car, they almost cried. They have to pay for insurance based on the size of the engine, hence the cars with like 1.1L, 1.5L, 2.0L engines here. Plus gas is twice as expensive.

[sbm3]

Thanks for posting the Ruby Black coupe. That is the color I most would like to get. You did as good a job of capturing the true color as I have seen in a photo...

[MikeM5]

the interior on the ruby car is gorgeous. super classy

[H2]

Originally Posted by esquire

Quite possibly. Thanks for the links... I'll check them out!

EDIT - H2, Looks like your'e right about it being an "Edition" package interior. But regarding Ringmeister's car, it looks like Ringmesiter has contrast stitching like you mentioned, but not the wide contrast stripe on the top backrest, and lower legrest, which is yellow on the dakar coupe in this thread. In fact, Ringmeisters seat, don't even have the "indentation" (if you want to call it that), where the colored contrast stripe would go. Odd. Interestingly though, there was a car in THIS INDIVIDUAL COLOR THREAD, which had Individual Platinum Interior, Piano Black Trim on a Moonstone Metallic car, and the seats on that car did have the "indentation", though they were the same color as the rest of the seats. Now I'm more curious than ever

The standard seats available for the E90 and E92 M3 in the U.S. do not have that "indentation" on the seat thigh supports/lower leg rest. They do for M3s for just about every other place in the world (and for U.S. E93 M3s). The "Edition" M3s have that indentation (and the one on the top backrest) in a contrasting color. The M3 you pointed out was a regular Individual M3 in Australia, which by default would have the indentation. You can replace the leather thigh support covers with the "euro" cover that has the "indentation" as "Technic" has done.

[esquire]

Great information H2. I probably should have known that indentation is a Euro vs. US issue. I wonder if its possible to get the indentation via BMW individual if, like me, you are situated int he US.

Originally Posted by H2

The standard seats available for the E90 and E92 M3 in the U.S. do not have that "indentation" on the seat thigh supports/lower leg rest. They do for M3s for just about every other place in the world (and for U.S. E93 M3s). The "Edition" M3s have that indentation (and the one on the top backrest) in a contrasting color. The M3 you pointed out was a regular Individual M3 in Australia, which by default would have the indentation. You can replace the leather thigh support covers with the "euro" cover that has the "indentation" as "Technic" has done.

[fastrack]

Love the yellow, but i would never buy one

[edcvin]

Ruby is nutz


-Vin

[crackberry]

would be nice if they made those colors in mass production.

[TTG]

I am currently in Europe for vacation...........(now in Ireland)

Almost every single M3 i saw in London was an individual and they had one in at a dealership in Park Lane in Ruby (Audi S8 looks much better in that color :-) ! Still an amazing color but I still love the Dakar Yellow!

[JSCO]

ruby red....