E46 M3 colour combinations

[a_bread]

I've driven an M3 and loved everything about it. I'm seriously considering buying one, and I've seen a massive range of interior/exterior combinations in the ads. Obviously this comes down to personal preference in the end, but are there any particularly strong combinations for re-sale value?

And maybe even more importantly, any particularly disastrous, unpopular combinations?

And any strong views about which colours come across as bad taste?

Thanks in advance.

Edited by a_bread on Monday 13th July 19:58

[Yanto]

a_bread said:

I've driven an M3 and loved everything about it. I'm seriously considering buying one, and I've seen a massive range of interior/exterior combinations in the ads. Obviously this comes down to personal preference in the end, but are there any particularly strong combinations for re-sale value?

And maybe even more importantly, any particularly disastrous, unpopular combinations?

And any strong views about which colours come across as bad taste?

Thanks in advance.

Edited by a_bread on Monday 13th July 19:58

All personal - your toy, buy what you prefer mate. But in my opinion:

Good for resale:

Imola leather with Carbon, Steel, Silver
Black leather with Carbon, Steel, Silver (very common), White (if you can find one), Red

Bad for resale

Blue leather with Laguna
Beige leather with Phoenix
Imola with Red

As I say, all IMHO

[thehos]

grey leather bad for resale

[Jake.]

thehos said:

grey leather bad for resale

I bought an Estoril Blue one with grey leather. I didn't think I wanted grey but in an EB car it looks alright. Personally I couldn't have a car with that bright red leather interior, it looks hideous to me.

Horses for courses.

[oli_quick]

the red leather is one of those like it or loathe it things...

I normally like red interiors (TVRs, Ferrari etc) - but the BMW red seems a little 'too obvious' to me...same with Porsche interiors...best go black!

[Pork]

Definately personal choice.

For resale, there's pluses and minuses - go for something popular like Carbon with Imola, or Silver with black and you won't offend anyone, but there will be a lot of competition and your car wont stand out.

Go with something like Imola Red, Pheonix or Laguna Seca and people will either run a mile or queue for a mile - they're colours you either really want, or really DON'T want so buying you might be looking for a while, selling you might have to wait a while.

Either way, IMO, buy the colour you like - its going to be your car, so buy it and enjoy it and worry about re-sale when the time to sel finally comes.

[Daz4m]

When I first wanted an M3 I was looking for a carbon black one with Imola. However, I now think the unusual colours make the car a bit more special and also less likely to see chav'd examples. I have no idea why just a feeling.

[G-P]

I used to be a buyer for a BMW dealer and I would avoid silver unless it has red leather, try to get somthing different as there are hundreds of Carbon black ones. Estoril blue and Phonix yellow always sold quick.

[NickXX]

Black or Silver Grey with Red leather for me.

[coupeboy]

I'd like black with blue leather... I have a thing for unusual coloured interiors, I think it make a car a bit more interesting and indivdual.

[nick lewis]

Me to.

[coupeboy]

Very Nice..

nick lewis said:

Me to.

[NickXX]

Wow - that is a nice colour combo Nick. Interior works well with the hint of blue in the Carbon Black paint.

[Vroomer]

Black and blue?





Sorry.

Edited by Vroomer on Friday 17th July 13:06

[Carfiend]

The interior on my Teg was blue



I liked it but the blue leather just seems a bit much.

[a_bread]

Thanks for all the comments. Nice to hear such a range of opinions, which kind of supports the idea that there is a market for most combinations so less cause to worry about resale and just go purely on own tastes. In my case I'm quite keen on grey or silver exterior with red leather, or black with beige leather. Not sure I've actually seen any M3s with the latter, maybe just 330s.

The most "striking", if that's the right word, of all combinations I'd seen was red-on-red! Very warm. No doubt it would produce strong love or hate reactions. It seemed a bit cheaper than other cars that were same age, mileage and spec, maybe because of this, but that could have been just down to the usual amount of variation within used car pricing.

[kds keltec]

striking

Blue on blue

[ih8thisname]

Don't worry too much about resale, if you like it then chances are when you come to sell someone else will like it too!






Says the man with the yellow car

[M3RMS]

NickXX said:

Black or Silver Grey with Red leather for me.

Best by a mile that. But then I would say that....

Imola red is nowhere near as bright as it comes across in all the photos. It looks stunning in the flesh

[AngryApples]

Yep, like the grey and red combo


However, ended up buying Carbon with grey interior (having been a bit "iffy" about grey in the past)

Now love it, plus I spend far too much time laughing and smiling at almost every mile that passes to give a toss what colour the seats are




(though.....Laguna Seca interior? )

Edited by AngryApples on Monday 20th July 20:43