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      03-02-2012, 09:36 PM   #1
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New colors available F30 - mineral white, jet black, sparkling bronze, liquid blue

there are 4 new colors on the BMWUSA website:

Sparkling Bronze Metallic
Alpine White Metallic
Liquid Blue Metallic
Jet Black

One is mineral white, which really make me think, MW vs AW???? I think I will go with the AW, sport 335i
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Seems there are two new colors available. One is MW, which really make me think, MW vs AW???? I think I will go with the AW, sport 335i
MW for Mineral White? I think we had that option???
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      03-02-2012, 09:49 PM   #3
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I thought we did not but anyways, I think I will need to se the colors in real life to decide,,,
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Mineral White was available in some countries, yeah, but not yet in the US until now
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Here's to hoping Space Gray becomes available by the time 2013 F31's are released for ordering!
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Mineral White, Black II ( Jet Black), Liquid Blue and Sparkling Bronze were all released asof March
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there are 4 new colors on the BMWUSA website:
  • Sparkling Bronze Metallic
  • Alpine White Metallic
  • Liquid Blue Metallic
  • Jet Black
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there are 4 new colors on the BMWUSA website:
  • Sparkling Bronze Metallic
  • Alpine White Metallic
  • Liquid Blue Metallic
  • Jet Black
Yes, they were all announced at the launch of the F30, but delayed until more factories came online.

With Rosslyn South Africa coming online 2 weeks ago the colors have been added.
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I wonder when they are going to finally update the website with the adaptive suspension.
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Yes, they were all announced at the launch of the F30, but delayed until more factories came online.

With Rosslyn South Africa coming online 2 weeks ago the colors have been added.
I posted the colors because the OP did not have this info.
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IMO, alpine white has a cleaner, Japanese-import look. The classic Evo paint. The contour and edges will be more bleached out so the whole body will look cleaner, yet with less contrast.

Mineral white gives off more contrast so the lines of the car 'pop' more. For a car like this I think Mineral white works better. (Mineral white was the color of the E92 M3 on all promotional images from BMW)

Mineral white will reward you more after a good wash as well.
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Nice, but i must say, mineral grey far exceeded my expectations.
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Mineral white coming soon

I ordered 335I luxury line with mineral white option thru military sales program. I have a delivery date of second week of April. When it comes in, I'll be sure to post some photo.
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I wonder when they are going to finally update the website with the adaptive suspension.
And M sport package! I want Estroil blue!
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Nice, but i must say, mineral grey far exceeded my expectations.
I saw that today at the dealer. It's beautiful. The problem is 90% of the cars on the road are some variation of grey, silver, white or black these days. They all look great but they all look alike too...

I miss the days of Techno Violet and Le Mans Blue and Helrot Red....
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Is there no sparkling graphite as per thread title, or was that a typo?
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Is there no sparkling graphite as per thread title, or was that a typo?
Typo
Its Sparkling Bronze that was made available
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The new colors add some interest. Too bad they didn't also update the interior selections, particularly with the Sport line. You still have to wait for the M Sport package to get tan sport seats.
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I know the sparkling bronze is suppose to look lighter than mojave, but when I do a Google picture search they look exactly the same (at least on the internet). Do it, if you don't believe me.

What do people like more, sparkling bronze or mojave? (Mojave is called havana elsewhere in the world).
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I know the sparkling bronze is suppose to look lighter than mojave, but when I do a Google picture search they look exactly the same (at least on the internet). Do it, if you don't believe me.

What do people like more, sparkling bronze or mojave? (Mojave is called havana elsewhere in the world).
Sparkling bronze is lighter and more sparkly. It has some Xirallics in it
You have to see them in real life


1)Havana ( Mojave)
2 Sparkling Bronze
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