09-18-2019, 12:16 AM | #1 |
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G20 Individual options, will they ever be available in the US?
Earlier this year, BMW announced that a plethora of exterior paints and interior upholstery and trim options would be available for the G20 3 series starting July. It's already the middle of September and there are still no individual interior options available in the US. These options are already available in the Canadian and European markets, but why not the US?
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Because they don't want to deal with the hassle and complexity when most people just buy whatever is in dealer stock. BMW has never been a fan of individual options for the 3 series in the US, so I wouldn't count on it coming anytime soon.
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09-18-2019, 04:27 PM | #3 |
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Unfortunately, I think you're right. It just seems foolish to me though that they offer it for some and not others.
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It’s possible to get Individual options in the U.S. You need a committed and tenacious CA and dealership. There’s a guy on Bimmerfest who got the leather dash and, I believe, Individual leather and paint on an F30 320i. Generally if it’s a stand alone option on a European model with the right work it can be had on a U.S. model.
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Another edit: the 320i guy got an Individual optioned ///M3 two years later with Individual paint and leather among other things. https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sh...85&postcount=3
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It is possible as long as the dealership has experience with Individual ordering. I have done one off cars with BMW for years.
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Just keep in mind when going in that you’ll be in a completely different price bracket as compared to the BMW Individual selections found in the standard pricing guide. For example, instead of an extra ~$1400 for paint, you might pay two or three times that. Upholstery will be similar. The upside, of course, is that you get to pick from a virtually limitless palette of choices. The other thing to be aware of, however, is that your order must be approved. You ask the combination you want, and they decide, based on criteria that isn’t made public, whether they’ll grant it. The good news is, most of the time, they can do what you ask for. |
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i actually got approved by bmw for an individual exterior paint that i chose, and it's not the typical ones i chose one from the visualizer, and i'm waiting on a reply back from BMW regarding the merino leather interior before i order
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I wonder if it has to do with the capabilities of the San Luis Potosi plant, which likely supplies most 3-Series models, like the 330i, for the United States. Note, the M340i is built in the Munich plant, and is the only model that currently offers Individual paint options.
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