These are the production numbers for each M Coupe color combination produced for North America in order of commonality.
I also have the production numbers broken out by engine: S52 engine | S54 engine
Total Production: 2858 (452 sunroof-delete)
1998: 26 (20 sunroof-delete)
1999: 1076 (138 sunroof-delete)
2000: 1078 (184 sunroof-delete)
2001: 338 (61 sunroof-delete)
2002: 340 (49 sunroof-delete)
Titanium Silver Metallic (544, 93 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (363, 54 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (106, 17 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (43, 14 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (25, 5 sunroof-delete)
Laguna Seca Blue & Black Nappa (6, 3 sunroof-delete)
Evergreen & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Cosmos Black (516, 75 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (277, 31 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (94, 14 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (79, 11 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa( 36, 12 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (29, 7 sunroof-delete)
Evergreen & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue (472, 83 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (313, 62 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (82, 16 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (62, 0 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (15, 5 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red (422, 58 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (201, 31 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (183, 19 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (22, 3 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (15, 5 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Arctic Silver Metallic (276, 42 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (125, 19 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (105, 11 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (32, 10 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (13, 1 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Steel Gray Metallic (121, 18 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (47, 5 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (46, 8 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (23, 2 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (3, 2 sunroof-delete)
Kiwi & Black Nappa (2, 1 sunroof-delete)
Black Sapphire Metallic (120, 11 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (74, 8 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (17, 1 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (17, 1 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (10, 1 sunroof-delete)
Laguna Seca Blue & Black Nappa (2, 0 sunroof-delete)
Alpine White (103, 17 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (36, 3 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (36, 2 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (9, 4 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (9, 2 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (7, 3 sunroof-delete)
Evergreen & Black Nappa (3, 1 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (2, 2 sunroof-delete)
Alpine White & Black Nappa (1, 1 sunroof-delete) – Last Produced
Boston Green Metallic (73, 6 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (61, 2 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (8, 1 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (3, 2 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Dakar Yellow II (51, 14 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (41, 10 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (8, 3 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (2, 1 sunroof-delete)
Oxford Green II Metallic (46, 16 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (24, 11 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (16, 4 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (5, 1 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Laguna Seca Blue (41, 6 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (21, 2 sunroof-delete)
Laguna Seca Blue & Black Nappa (16, 3 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (2, 0 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (1, 1 sunroof-delete)
Evergreen (41, 5 sunroof-delete)
Evergreen & Black Nappa (27, 1 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (10, 2 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (2, 1 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (2, 1 sunroof-delete)
Phoenix Yellow Metallic (21, 3 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (17, 2 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (3, 1 sunroof-delete)
Laguna Seca Blue & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
Bright Red (1, 1 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (1, 1 sunroof-delete)
Special Ordered (10, 4 sunroof-delete)
Black Nappa (5, 2 sunroof-delete)
- LC61412 – Jet Black 2
- LC61883 – Steel Gray (Jeff’s)
- LC62131 – Topaz Blue
- LK60168 – Carbon Black
- LK61334 – Dakar Yellow
Dark Beige Oregon (2, 1 sunroof-delete)
- LC61371 – Steel Gray
- LC61937 – Impala Brown
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (2, 1 sunroof-delete)
- LC61959 – Steel Gray (Rodney’s)
- LC62180 – Steel Gray
Imola Red & Black Nappa (1, 0 sunroof-delete)
- LC61372 – Steel Gray (my color combo :))
If you wonder why steel gray is considered a special color, it’s because it was not officially available on M’s in 2000. While Dakar Yellow was available on 1999-2000 M Coupes, it was not available in 2002 when LK61334 was ordered.
Interior Colors
Black Nappa (1273, 175 sunroof-delete)
Dark Gray & Black Nappa (450, 73 sunroof-delete)
Estoril Blue & Black Nappa (365, 74 sunroof-delete)
Imola Red & Black Nappa (361, 74 sunroof-delete)
Dark Beige Oregon (314, 35 sunroof-delete)
Kyalami Orange & Black Nappa (36, 12 sunroof-delete)
Evergreen & Black Nappa (32, 2 sunroof-delete)
Laguna Seca Blue & Black Nappa (24, 6 sunroof-delete)
Kiwi & Black Nappa (2, 1 sunroof-delete) – only on pre-production S54 coupes
Observations
- It’s interesting that almost all the early build cars were sunroof-delete.
- Titanium Silver is the most common exterior color and Phoenix Yellow is the most rare.
- There is a Bright Red M Coupe out there somewhere.
- Most gutsy color combo selection has to go to Phoenix Yellow over Laguna Seca Blue.
- As well known as the two-tone interiors are, solid black is far and away the most common interior color.
- Laguna Seca Blue is the most rare interior color.
In compiling this I noticed a few rather adventurous color combos:
- Imola Red/Estoril Blue
- Boston Green/Kyalami Orange
- Dakar Yellow/Kyalami Orange
- Oxford Green/Kyalami Orange
- Phoenix Yellow/Laguna Seca Blue
February 21, 2013 Update - The very first data anomaly has been found. VIN LK61060 is actually Titanium Silver over Laguna Seca Blue rather than Titanium Silver over Dark Gray. The data has been updated accordingly.
If you wonder where I get all my production numbers, they were collected by a Bimmerforums member wildag (www.dreamingwell.com). The original CSV file can be downloaded here. Another forum member has created a more user friendly database interface for the less technically inclined at: www.bmwmdata.com. This set of data includes all North American M Coupes and Roadsters with their production dates and options.