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Post by Angelus666 » Sat May 18, 2019 8:48 pm

So, was chatting with a mate who is keen to buy back into a E46 M3 and ideally wants a Laguna Seca Blue car.....but the cost of these have skyrocketed and one in this colour would cost maybe £5k more than an equivalent black or grey colour car. So, we got onto the most desirable Z4M colours and, other than white, I'm not sure the current market says what colour demands more money.....so what do we think the ranking of the most desirable list of M colours on the roadster and coupe....*all things being equal, purely only the colour is different.

To my mind it goes like the below...and how much extra would I pay for an Alpine White car....probably £3k more, maybe :?

1 Alpine White
2 Sepang Bronze
3 Imola Red
4 Silver Grey
5 Interlagos Blue
6 Ruby Black
7 Phoenix Yellow
8 Space Grey
9 Monaco Blue
10 Carbon Black
11 Midnight Blue
12 Black Sapphire
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Post by GuidoK » Sat May 18, 2019 8:53 pm

Phoenixyellow is afaik an individual color.
Individuals are always worth more imho.
Next are the /m only colors imho, so interlagosblue, imolarot, sepang and ruby black.
Then come the less abundant normal colours like nachtblau, monacoblue, carbon black and white,
And then the colours that were sold the most: the grey's/silvers and sapphireblack

But it probably mostle depends on who the customer is. Is it a car/z4 noob, they'll usually go for the mainstream colours like grey, black and white, but the enthausiasts can pay more if they want a more rare colour
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat May 18, 2019 9:27 pm

Interesting, but I just don't like White cars. :roll:

My top 3 would be Imola Red, Interlagos Blue and Sepang Bronze in that order.
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Post by Looney » Sat May 18, 2019 9:36 pm

Imola is the only way.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat May 18, 2019 9:52 pm

Looney wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 9:36 pm Imola is the only way.
I thought you might say that! :rofl:
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Post by Status » Sun May 19, 2019 6:37 am

IMola,Phoenix,White,

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Post by buzyg » Sun May 19, 2019 7:20 am

White may be rare. But desirable?
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Post by Muckinonthesofa » Sun May 19, 2019 8:21 am

Not fussed on imola or white. Sepang Bronze looks lovely but I've never seen one in the metal, then it's silver/grey for me.
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Post by Z4M-2006 » Sun May 19, 2019 8:24 am

Imola cars were the cheapest a while back, they seem to have come into favour now .

Tit silver have always been on the low side too

Personally I like grey, Phoenix , imola in no particular order

All the different “shades” of black is a bit daft and the blues that Bmw offer shouldn’t even be on the list imho

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Post by 2dogs » Sun May 19, 2019 8:32 am

buzyg wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 7:20 am White may be rare. But desirable?
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For me grey,ruby black and midnight blue.
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Post by mr wilks » Sun May 19, 2019 8:48 am

Z4M-2006 wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 8:24 am All the different “shades” of black is a bit daft and the blues that Bmw offer shouldn’t even be on the list imho
Agree on the black but whoooa there on the blue :cry: inty is a class colour & midnight blue is in my top 3 Z colours , monaco another great shade .
As for the original question , for ZMs in desirability , Sepang can be nice but only when clean & detailed otherwise its a drab act :o Imola i didn't crave , i enjoyed owning it after getting used to it but it wouldn't make my top 5
Phoenix or space grey would be my top 2 choices so i guess desirability is all in the eye of the purchaser :wink:
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Post by Joneeboy » Sun May 19, 2019 10:59 am

For me, it would be:
1. Sepang
2. White
3. Midnight Blue

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Post by Bing » Sun May 19, 2019 1:52 pm

mr wilks wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 8:48 am
Z4M-2006 wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 8:24 am All the different “shades” of black is a bit daft and the blues that Bmw offer shouldn’t even be on the list imho
Agree on the black but whoooa there on the blue :cry: inty is a class colour & midnight blue is in my top 3 Z colours , monaco another great shade .
As for the original question , for ZMs in desirability , Sepang can be nice but only when clean & detailed otherwise its a drab act :o Imola i didn't crave , i enjoyed owning it after getting used to it but it wouldn't make my top 5
Phoenix or space grey would be my top 2 choices so i guess desirability is all in the eye of the purchaser :wink:
Space grey is lovely. Rare too - I think there were only 2 registered in the UK. Not that anyone but an enthusiast would even know that, let alone spot one a dealer has incorrectly labelled silver grey...
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Post by mr wilks » Sun May 19, 2019 2:42 pm

Bing wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 1:52 pm
mr wilks wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 8:48 am
Z4M-2006 wrote: Sun May 19, 2019 8:24 am All the different “shades” of black is a bit daft and the blues that Bmw offer shouldn’t even be on the list imho
Agree on the black but whoooa there on the blue :cry: inty is a class colour & midnight blue is in my top 3 Z colours , monaco another great shade .
As for the original question , for ZMs in desirability , Sepang can be nice but only when clean & detailed otherwise its a drab act :o Imola i didn't crave , i enjoyed owning it after getting used to it but it wouldn't make my top 5
Phoenix or space grey would be my top 2 choices so i guess desirability is all in the eye of the purchaser :wink:
Space grey is lovely. Rare too - I think there were only 2 registered in the UK. Not that anyone but an enthusiast would even know that, let alone spot one a dealer has incorrectly labelled silver grey...
Yep space is a rare option , noticeable immediately you stand in front of it but hard sometimes to tell on pics.
I can't recall any passing through the forum in roadster or coupe.
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Post by idej_z4 » Sun May 19, 2019 2:47 pm

I don't care for the Imola. Although a popular choice on here. I always think only Ferrari can do red.

I do love my silver-grey but if I knew what at know now I would have held out for the Stratus Grey as my number one. Then Midnight Blue followed by Sepang Bronze.

Would never have a Titanium Silver but it does show off the lines of the Z really well.

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