[OFFICIAL] USA DELIVERED F8x Packages and Options Survey and Results

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by redice

it would be cool if you can put this on a site where it updates the data in real time!

I would like do that too, but I haven't figured out a way to do that yet.

[jc05e46m3]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

BTW, there isn't a true stripper car yet. The closest one has no packages, but has AW color (not metallic color cost) MT, 19 black wheels, steel brakes, CF roof, HK sound, and Full leather.

If I get pics of my car taken with a bunch of strippers, does that count as a true stripper car?

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by jc05e46m3

If I get pics of my car taken with a bunch of strippers, does that count as a true stripper car?

Yes, absolutely! Please do that. I want to see!

[jc05e46m3]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

Yes, absolutely! Please do that. I want to see!

[kinimod]

Great survey. I'm surprised there are no Austin Yellows. BMW has chosen it as a flagship marketing color and nobody's buying it? I guess I'm joining the club of ugly cars with my August ED delivery. I'm already starting to be afraid that I'll never be able to sell it later.

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by kinimod

Great survey. I'm surprised there are no Austin Yellows. BMW has chosen it as a flagship marketing color and nobody's buying it? I guess I'm joining the club of ugly cars with my August ED delivery. I'm already starting to be afraid that I'll never be able to sell it later.

We have 47 entries in the survey so far. It is not a large enough sample yet. I am sure there are a lot more AY cars out there. The survey only includes new M3/M4 owners who are also on bimmerpost who submitted a survey entry. So the survey is just a small subset of all M3/M4 cars in the USA.

[Sir Loin]

For those of you who are also interested in numbers and stats, I was reading the help screen on 2wglobal.com, and it says you can search with wildcard. So, for example, you can enter "WBS3C9C%" to find all M3 cars or "WBS3R9C%" to find all M4 cars that are currently searchable.

WBS = Motorsport
3C9C = M3
3R9C = M4

https://offices.2wglobal.com/offices...slanguage%3Den

You can see a large number (300+) of M3 M4 cars shipped by WW. If you sort them by date, you can see there were M3 and M4 cars shipped to the US in late 2013 last year, way before the announcement. It is also interesting to see there has been M3/M4 cars shipped back from LA to Germany.

@dave885 did some digging and found out how many M3 and M4 cars are on the Don Juan.

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...6#post16247646

Originally Posted by dave885

Seeing how as I had some time to kill waiting for the Don Juan to cross the ocean, I decided to try and see what type of M3/M4 company my car has.

As near as I can tell there are 71 M3/4's on the ship. I used BMWVin.com to look up the production data and colors (it lists other data, but I didn't use it).

I found they had production dates from May 20 to June 26 (range of 42 days post production to 5 days).

The following may help those who are waiting/trying to figure out what ship they could get on. The average number of days from production to getting on the ship was 15, but the median (midpoint) and mode (most frequent) were both 11.

I've attached the breakdown of colors and interiors so you can see what people are ordering (yes there are YMB* and AY with SO interiors).

A couple other nuggets of info that may be of interest:

Breakdown of interior type was: Extended - 43, Full - 24, Cloth - 4.
Breakdown of transmission type: DCT - 54, Manual - 17

Not trying to be a Sir Loin "Data Meister", but thought I would share for those that may have any interest in a sample size of 71 cars.

[SNONC]

Done!!

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by SNONC

Done!!

Congrats on your new car!!

[SNONC]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

Congrats on your new car!!

Thanks - must say pics do not do the car justice. Will take some pics this weekend and post. First M for me and upset that I waited this long

[Sir Loin]

Per RickMonet's request, a "Transmission Type vs. Model" chart.

[soccer dad]

Originally Posted by kinimod

Great survey. I'm surprised there are no Austin Yellows. BMW has chosen it as a flagship marketing color and nobody's buying it? I guess I'm joining the club of ugly cars with my August ED delivery. I'm already starting to be afraid that I'll never be able to sell it later.

The AY looks AWESOME!!! Don't worry, when you are one of the few with the AY it will be a popular "man i shoulda got that" color. Kind of like Santorini Blue or Laguna Seca.

Werner's AY M3 brought me to that conclusion on the ED trip. I was almost jealous...if I didn't have my SO/SO!

[mkoesel]

Can't wait to put my car in soon. I believe I will have the lowest option car yet with just DCT, metallic paint, and the sunroof (which is no cost anyway).

[soccer dad]

I just put mine in...sorry I didn't get it earlier...I took a look at Bimmerpost 2 times when I was on ED! Busy driving!!!

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by soccer dad

I just put mine in...sorry I didn't get it earlier...I took a look at Bimmerpost 2 times when I was on ED! Busy driving!!!

Thanks soccer dad!

[cipri]

I will complete the survey after 08/01. My car is completed and waiting us to pick it up in Munich.

[SOM3]

In

[mad_max]

Not many takers for the cloth interior, is it because of fears of second hand value when it comes to sell, or people really prefer leather?

[Sir Loin]

Originally Posted by mad_max

Not many takers for the cloth interior, is it because of fears of second hand value when it comes to sell, or people really prefer leather?

I suspect that most early adopters of the new models opt for more options and packages and thus upgrade the cars to at least extended leather. That means very few cars come with cloth.

[Sir Loin]

Another update.

We jumped from 47 to 60 entries in the last 5 days. M3 has taken a small lead over M4, 31 to 29. But according to BMW, there should be many more M4s produced than M3. Most of the last 12 entries or so have M-DCT and Adaptive M Suspension. Interestingly, both M-DCT and Adaptive M Suspension have the same take rate, 41 to 19. Also, most of the new entries have Executive Package amd Lighting Package. making 51 of them with Executive Package, 9 without; 42 with Lighting Package, 18 without.

There are more 19" light wheels than before, but 19" dark wheels still have a commanding lead. We have added 3 more cars with CCBs. For colors, BS has taken over YMB for the second place.

For reference, the popular options and packages are:

• CFRP Roof
• M-DCT
• Adaptive M Suspension
• 19" Black Wheels
• Standard Steel Brakes
• AW exterior color
• Black interior color
• Executive Package
• Lighting Package
• CF Trim
• HK Sound System
• Enhanced USB/BT Smartphone Integration

The least popular options and packages:

• Driver Assistance Package
• Power Sunshade
• Aluminum and Anthracite Wood trims
• Park Assist
• Concierge Services
• Cloth
• CCB
• 18" Wheels
• Sunroof

Incidentally, There isn't a car in the survey with Standard Suspension, Manual Transmission and CCB. None.

[Lynchmob6]

Great data…thanks for working on this…very informative!

[GBPackerfan1963]

Originally Posted by Sir Loin

Another update.

We jumped from 47 to 60 entries in the last 5 days. M3 has taken a small lead over M4, 31 to 29. But according to BMW, there should be many more M4s produced than M3. Most of the last 12 entries or so have M-DCT and Adaptive M Suspension. Interestingly, both M-DCT and Adaptive M Suspension have the same take rate, 41 to 19. Also, most of the new entries have Executive Package amd Lighting Package. making 51 of them with Executive Package, 9 without; 42 with Lighting Package, 18 without.

There are more 19" light wheels than before, but 19" dark wheels still have a commanding lead. We have added 3 more cars with CCBs. For colors, BS has taken over YMB for the second place.

For reference, the popular options and packages are:

• CFRP Roof
• M-DCT
• Adaptive M Suspension
• 19" Black Wheels
• Standard Steel Brakes
• AW exterior color
• Black interior color
• Executive Package
• Lighting Package
• CF Trim
• HK Sound System
• Enhanced USB/BT Smartphone Integration

The least popular options and packages:

• Driver Assistance Package
• Power Sunshade
• Aluminum and Anthracite Wood trims
• Park Assist
• Concierge Services
• Cloth
• CCB
• 18" Wheels
• Sunroof

Incidentally, There isn't a car in the survey with Standard Suspension, Manual Transmission and CCB. None.

WTH? Where are all my 6MT brethren?