Does anybody remember back in the day before the BMW Individual Visualizer existed? Armed with rudimentary Photoshop skills and our imaginations, we toiled for hours (or minutes) to get our dream color on our dream car. How times have changed – now it’s as simple as hopping over to the Visualizer and configuring any number of vehicles to your hearts content with the click of a button.
But, that’s not to say that only Individual colors make a special statement. Some of the factory paint schemes – especially recently – have been a lot to talk about. Especially on BMW’s more limited offerings, like the M4 CSL and M5 CS, the standard paints do it best.
Anyway, here’s some of my favorite colors ever put (or imagined) on a BMW, and I’m hoping you’ll share yours, too!
Speed Yellow got popular in the mid-2010s on the F8X chassis M3 and M4. It’s originally a Porsche color, but BMW’s sporty coupes wear it just as well. Most recently BMW even took some press photos with a G82 M4 wearing the color; so it looks like BMW regards it as highly as I do!
Hailing back to the early days of BMW M, Daytona Violet first appeared back in the E34 and E31 days, and its mostly known as being an option on the elusive E34 M5 Touring, as well as the E36 M3. Its metallic shine and unique depth make it a universally loved color; there’s a handful of F80s – and even some G80s – that chose it as an Individual color. And I certainly do not blame them.
While maybe not as unique as some of the other colors on here, Carbon Black has a long-running history and appears on some of the finest BMWs made to date. Traditionally only available on either full-on M cars or vehicles equipped with the M Sport Package, Carbon Black dates to the 90s, but is worn well on the E46 M3, as well as newer body style X5s and X6s. The metallic blueish hue adds a lot of complexity to an otherwise less-than-noteworthy color.
