Best colour for 1M

[greygoose]

Obviously nothing to do with the lack of black cars there…...

[japseye007]

Im inclined to think the VO is a bit loud/tacky for my liking.
It reminds me of a colour someone would spray their corsa.
Im very surprised so many pick that as their favourite colour.
Each to their own

[david hockney]

I only considered the launch colour VO....

[V8A*ndy]

japseye007 said:

Im inclined to think the VO is a bit loud/tacky for my liking.
It reminds me of a colour someone would spray their corsa.
Im very surprised so many pick that as their favourite colour.
Each to their own

On a bright Sunny day VO is stunning. It just looks a bit meh the rest of the time.

Only colour to have it in mind.

and WTF is going on with prices? Low mileage cars have gone crazy.

[japseye007]

That booty pic does look good though.

[damiangt3]

Sapphire is the rarer colour.

Worldwide numbers:

Alpine White: 2385
Valencia Orange: 2316
Black Sapphire: 1634
Special Order: 4

[JNW1]

Slippydiff said:

With my much missed CSL in Wales :

One of - if not the - best looking car BMW has ever made is in the photo above; it's not the 1M though!

[V8A*ndy]

1M Valencia Pop by Imagine Sky, on Flickr

[andy102]

White for me, vo is looks great on sunny days but the unwanted attention put me off.
After a year of ownership I like the white even more.

[Webdunk]

Java Green for me...

[dufflecoat]

I am currently looking to swap my M135i for something more interesting.

Simple question: Do we think these a bargain at current money?

[david hockney]

They are a bargain if you look at the residual value ..........
I'd rather sink 40 odd grand into a 1M coupe than an M2

[andyman_2006]

dufflecoat said:

I am currently looking to swap my M135i for something more interesting.

Simple question: Do we think these a bargain at current money?

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For me they are not a bargain as such, when list price new in 2011 was £39999 however supply and demand has meant values stayed strong, and as the cars get older and pile on the miles, i'm inclined to say still not a bargain . Having driven one at the time of launch it didn't seem £32K better than my M3 and so i passed on the build slot for a factory order. In hindsight i could have bought it, run it for 4 years and 40k miles and got all my money back!

That said, its a fairly safe place to sit your £40K and i would say it wont lose you a load of money provided you keep it standard condition and low ish mileage.

I guess the question is can you justify £40K on a 5 year old car? and do you want one bad enough?

They seem a better buy than the current M2, which is not ltd edition, and i suspect once production is ramped up will start to drop in price as supply increases.

Andy