Tuesday 28th January 2014

Spec the PH BMW M4 - Update

A week in and here's how the PH M4 is shaping up

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With over 4,000 specifications submitted for our M4, we thought it was about time to post an update on what the car looks like right now.

Tanzanite the most popular colour so far

It's certainly unique, that's for sure. So far 43 per cent of you have chosen the Individual Tanzanite Blue exterior colour, a fine choice. The only issue being that, as it's an Individual colour, there aren't yet any configurators available to show us what an M4 looks like in that hue. Damn.

It is currently being matched outside with Jet Black wheels and the carbon ceramics. Unsurprisingly the latter has proved a popular choice, with 61 per cent opting for the brake upgrade.

Inside there are more Individual choices, with the black upholstery, Sakhir Orange stitching and carbon trim. As we said, certainly a one-off M4 as it stands!

The most popular extras chosen so far are the Titanium Sports Exhaust with matching titanium tailpipe finisher (excellent choice) and the carbon rear diffuser. Nearly 80 per cent (78.97) of you have opted for the diffuser so far, the most popular accessory selected.

Don't like this spec? The competition is open until February 6, you know what to do!

Start the configurator here

 

[Ollieb7]

Mmm - no choice for manual?

[Sampaio]

Hmmm, maybe in GT6 the colour is available? I'll give it a try this afternoon.

Hooray for the titanium exhaust

[VeeDub Geezer]

Sampaio said:

Hmmm, maybe in GT6 the colour is available?

It is. It's no Estoril Blue though.

[hostyle]

"Open to UK residents only"... st

[mike-r]

Think I was the only one that spec'd this in black with silver wheels. Keepin' it classy.

[cerb4.5lee]

I also went with blue...its certainly generated plenty of interest & nice to see the breakdown of the figures up to yet.

[V8s ONLY]

Drug dealer black,classy? I don't think so.

[kambites]

I wouldn't call silver wheels "classy" either. Silver trim almost never looks good on modern cars, to me.

[Carl_Docklands]

[mike-r]

V8s ONLY said:

Drug dealer black,classy? I don't think so.

Quite sure not all black cars belong to drug dealers. My mother's car, for example.

kambites said:

I wouldn't call silver wheels "classy" either. Silver trim almost never looks good on modern cars, to me.

Since when have wheels been 'trim'?

I'd rather have an elegant and simple black car on normal coloured wheels that some shouty barry luminous blue on black wheels. Awful.

[Garlick]

OK so it's a 3, but it does show that blue/ black isn't that shouty.

[JordanTurbo]

That spec is almost exactly what I came up with. The only difference being that I chose blue stitching on the seats.

[Wolands Advocate]

Why have 80 per cent of people gone for a carbon rear diffuser!?!

I can't imagine wasting even someone else's money on something as ultimately pointless as that. But then I don't get the point of slathering decorative carbonfibre at the best of times. It's a bit too Halfords.

[ewenm]

Wolands Advocate said:

Why have 80 per cent of people gone for a carbon rear diffuser!?!

I can't imagine wasting even someone else's money on something as ultimately pointless as that. But then I don't get the point of slathering decorative carbonfibre at the best of times. It's a bit too Halfords.

BMW know their customers well...

[crashley]

Those black/dark wheels look terrible. What's wrong with you lot?

And as for the daft carbon ste... i thought we'd all grown out of that (excluding the brakes).

[Wolands Advocate]

ewenm said:

Wolands Advocate said:

Why have 80 per cent of people gone for a carbon rear diffuser!?!

I can't imagine wasting even someone else's money on something as ultimately pointless as that. But then I don't get the point of slathering decorative carbonfibre at the best of times. It's a bit too Halfords.

BMW know their customers well...

I own two BMWs and neither has any decorative carbonfibre!

[Amirhussain]

Garlick said:

OK so it's a 3, but it does show that blue/ black isn't that shouty.

[ewenm]

Wolands Advocate said:

I own two BMWs and neither has any decorative carbonfibre!

The PH results would suggest you are atypical then

[squelchuk]

VeeDub Geezer said:

It is. It's no Estoril Blue though.

TEll me about it. There is no other colour to have an M3/4 in.

[squelchuk]

hostyle said:

"Open to UK residents only"... st

Jalopnik are doing something similar with a 2-series (your choice of 228i or 235i) in the USofA and, if I remember correctly, you get to own and play with it for a week.

Here you go http://jalopnik.com/configure-your-ideal-bmw-2-ser...