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Is anyone able to produce production numbers for Canada based on Individual exterior And interior colours anymore?
signes wrote
There have been a number of threads with the production stats BMW has recently released, including a bunch of great info posted by SickFinga. I wanted to have this data in one place to compare and look at composition by region, 6MT/DCT, etc. Also added in a separate page on the E90 stats posted which include some data on production numbers by year, color and composition with and without certain options. Thought I would share if others are interested.

UPDATED 8/11: I've added the E92 color data and combined with the E90 data for comparison. Also made a few other tweaks. Interesting to see relative color preference between models, as well as the explosion of Individual colors for the E92 LCI - nearly 10% of E92 LCI cars for the US/Canada market were ordered with Individual colors.

Admin note:

These stats are as of 7/11/13, where E90 and E92 M3 production has ended, but E93 production continues.
Thanks for sharing. Can you clarify what LCI stands for? Thanks again. From One new newbie
S65M3AL wrote
signes wrote
There have been a number of threads with the production stats BMW has recently released, including a bunch of great info posted by SickFinga. I wanted to have this data in one place to compare and look at composition by region, 6MT/DCT, etc. Also added in a separate page on the E90 stats posted which include some data on production numbers by year, color and composition with and without certain options. Thought I would share if others are interested.

UPDATED 8/11: I've added the E92 color data and combined with the E90 data for comparison. Also made a few other tweaks. Interesting to see relative color preference between models, as well as the explosion of Individual colors for the E92 LCI - nearly 10% of E92 LCI cars for the US/Canada market were ordered with Individual colors.

Admin note:

These stats are as of 7/11/13, where E90 and E92 M3 production has ended, but E93 production continues.
Thanks for sharing. Can you clarify what LCI stands for? Thanks again. From One new newbie
LCI=Life Cycle Impulse

It's the BMW way of saying facelift or refresh for a car.
great thread
Awesome breakdown, thanks!

2011 LMB e92 6MT ZCP
Sweet and thanks for sharing.
Thread referenced by jiggz in Fire Orange e92 01-08-2023
Thread referenced by UBERV8 in 2013 Mineral white ZCP M3 04-17-2023
Thanks for sharing the information!
Cool info sheet! Fun to see how many of these were made in which specs. Wish there was a bit more E93 data. Surprised to see how few were made with how uncommon powered hard top convertibles are, especially with a V8 and a manual! Almost makes me feel bad for daily driving the thing. (Almost at 140K miles and very healthy!)

Wonder how many they made like mine. Anybody else got a Black on Black Manual Vert?

2010 E93 6MT
Jet Black
Black Novillo Leather(reflective for E93)
Carbon Leather Trim
Cold Weather Package
Premium Package
(All available options except EDC)
Thread referenced by PAM3Guy in Thoughts on this 2013 M3 05-31-2023
Also a cool tid-bit of info I noticed is not mentioned in this thread is the 250 2010 M3 Tiger Edition cars made only for sale in China to celebrate the Year of the Tiger and the 25th Anniversary of the M3. All 250 were made with Fire Orange metallic paint, Special gloss black wheels (appear to be 19" GTS wheels), "Tiger Edition" door sill plates, Orange interior stitching, and an embroidered flaming tiger emblem on the front headrests.

Other interesting features I have noticed is that these appear to have LCI tail lights and there is no exterior bare plastic pieces. Every exterior plastic or chrome piece was glossy black (likely Jet Black) like the outer pieces of the hood vents, inner door mirrors, Side marker trim, and door trim like a GTS would have been (released 2 months prior to the announce of these).

Meaning these may be GTS cars without the GTS rear spoiler and front splitter, and with some special interior touches. With the original price tag of $183,000 I think that makes sense for a 1 of 250 special edition "$150,000 GTS" M3.
As page 1 primarily focuses on the colours made for the NA market, I thought there may be interest in seeing how many cars came in each colour, globally.

For now, I am only included the Brochure standard and Brochure Individual colours. I hope to include a break down of the non-Brochure Individual colours at a future point - these cars came in approximately 100 different colours.

Overall, and unsurprisingly, Alpine White tops the colour charts, followed by Jerez Black. Le Mans Blue was the rarest standard colour choice, globally.

Aventurine Silver is the rarest brochure Individual colour, with just 29 cars built for the global market.

Here’s the worldwide production numbers for every E9x M3.

www.e9xm3.com/e9xm3colours
Thanks for the great and helpful info. I´m looking forward for break down of the non-Brochue colours.
U.S Owners. Anyone, wanting to know all the specs on U.S specs cars. I will be putting those details together in the spreadsheet below.

I know vinwiki offers a similiar feature but I hope to offer other features on the page down the road. ENJOY, not all functionality is 100% working, just a list is provided for now.

https://www.e9xm3database.com/e9x-m3-u-s-database
Here’s an interactive page showing the worldwide production numbers for every E9x M3, not just the 46% made for NA.

You can filter by:
- Colour Group (Blues, Reds, Greens etc)
- Colour Type (standard, Individual etc)
- E9x Type
- Region (North America, Euro-LHD and Euro-RHD)

Via the homepage, you’ll also find a more detailed breakdown for the RHD cars, which supports filtering at a Country, Transmission, LCI Status, Competition Package and Audio level. Accessible via the VIN Analysis button. I hope to offer the same for the LHD markets in due course.

Enjoy

www.e9xm3.com/e9xm3colours
M3E90sedan wrote
Where can you access the data that lists the E90 M3 production colors? Mainly for the Individual cars. Is it even public data?
Also, to go along with Individual E90s in the NA market, has anyone seen/has pictures/or knows the thread of the Aventurine Silver Metallic (S58) E90, Black Blue (W32) E90, Ruby Black Metallic (X03) E90, Sepang Bronze Metallic (A32) E90, and the 2 Sparkling Graphite Metallic (A22) E90s? The only mentioning I have seen of these cars are in this aggregated numbers thread. Was hoping to actually see them.
Hi, my good friend has 1 of the 2 sparkling graphite metallic individual E90's. It is a 2009. The other sparkling graphite e90 was totaled and assumingly taken apart for parts and scrapped. so there is only one sparkling graphite grey e90 lci individual left. Here's his instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1LvmFkuKgW/?img_index=1
ethhaynes7 wrote
Hi, my good friend has 1 of the 2 sparkling graphite metallic individual E90's. It is a 2009. The other sparkling graphite e90 was totaled and assumingly taken apart for parts and scrapped. so there is only one sparkling graphite grey e90 lci individual left. Here's his instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1LvmFkuKgW/?img_index=1
Hello! I actually reached out to him a few months back and we messaged a bit. I did see that the other was totaled… what a shame! I appreciate the help though!
Curious if anyone has a good "rarity" number for me:

2013 BMW M3
Jerez Black
Fox Red two tone
DCT
Factory Gloss Carbon Interior Trim (on the window sticker $1480, a rare trim option that I think was only available at the very end of production)
ethhaynes7 wrote
Curious if anyone has a good "rarity" number for me:

2013 BMW M3
Jerez Black
Fox Red two tone
DCT
Factory Gloss Carbon Interior Trim (on the window sticker $1480, a rare trim option that I think was only available at the very end of production)
Send me a PM with the last 7chars of your VIN and I’ll take a look for your.

Obviously Jerez Black and DCT was one of the more popular choices on the E92. But I’m extremely interested to see about those gloss Carbon trims, I was only aware of them coming on the Frozen Silver and DTM Editions, until now.
dar2008 wrote
Send me a PM with the last 7chars of your VIN and I’ll take a look for your.

Obviously Jerez Black and DCT was one of the more popular choices on the E92. But I’m extremely interested to see about those gloss Carbon trims, I was only aware of them coming on the Frozen Silver and DTM Editions, until now.
I think I sent you a dm but couldn't attach a pic in DM. Here's the window sticker:
Attached image
Is there somewhere it shows E90 M3 prod numbers with speed cloth interior? I have a 9/2011 production Jet Black, DCT, slick top, no nav, speed cloth. I’ve figured the lowest number from the list is no nav, but assume the speed cloth will take it down even further.
knous81 wrote
Is there somewhere it shows E90 M3 prod numbers with speed cloth interior? I have a 9/2011 production Jet Black, DCT, slick top, no nav, speed cloth. I’ve figured the lowest number from the list is no nav, but assume the speed cloth will take it down even further.
E90 M3 with Speed Cloth:
49 Pre-LCI
209 LCI
M3E90sedan wrote
E90 M3 with Speed Cloth:
49 Pre-LCI
209 LCI
Thank you. How were you able to find this figure?
knous81 wrote
Thank you. How were you able to find this figure?
I honestly cannot remember the thread I found it in but it was stated by the same person who provided the production data for this thread. Just to clarify, those numbers are for North American E90 M3s only.