Mineral Grey F82 M4 and Austin Yellow F80 M3 at Houston Auto Show

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by 535DMSport

I do not understand why they display these cars without high gloss shadowline. The matte shadowline doesn't do it for me.

I love the matte trim. The gloss looks like cheap plastic.

[Tonymiabmw]

Can anyone get a side photo of AY M3?

[woltersjason]

BMW switching YMB and AY between those cars is messing with me

[M3ryder55]

more pics of the mgm!!

[ROM3]

Mineral Grey will be the winner

[stefan]

Do the US seats have less bottom bolstering than the Euro seats? Those seem very flat.

[Jadar]

Mineral gray with red leather=WIN.

[bavarian19]

Mineral Gray is the only decent color offered, and it is not M specific.

[positiveions]

I don't know why, but this car doesn't excites me.

[TheHitchhiker]

Going there tomorrow Will definitely take and post pics.

[Black Gold]

Originally Posted by stefan

Do the US seats have less bottom bolstering than the Euro seats? Those seem very flat.

they look flat in pics but I can assure you they are not.

they are very supportive and comfortable. the seating position is also much lower than on the current m3 or 1m.

the seats remind me a lot of the adaptive sports seats in the 911, but more comfortable.

[Nebraska330xi]

AY is looking bad in this light. Looks like my piss the morning after a night of drinking.

[///M3Owner]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

will be there tomorrow evening and will take some pics

Mineral Gray looks good.

Please post more pictures of the mineral gray M!

[Tonymiabmw]

I like this pic in the sun

[3M TAPE]

Wowow

Expectedly Mineral Grey does look good!
Almost Singapore Grey like

[Needsdecaf]

Originally Posted by Tonymiabmw

I like this pic in the sun

That's not Austin Yellow. That's Arum dust.

[W///]

Originally Posted by KennyPowers

Coming

Car is impressive in person. Most impressive is the interior. Destroys my e92. The seats are phenomenal and the leather and materials quality is a couple cuts above the e9x. It also is a huge upgrade over the standard f series cars interiors.

I'll do a more full writeup tomorrow am

Mineral gray looked good, the Sonoma beige was spectacular IMO. Great quality and color and the contrast stichkng looked great.

The m3 looked better than the m4 IMO, but good lord I really don't like Austin yellow personally. It's just not my style. Wish I could have seen the m3 in a white or black, as those are my two top picks.

Also of note the cars both had extended leather and the coverage and look was great, would not spend more for full leather. The interior was damn good as is. Also, the car had hk stereo with extended leather so apparently they are not mutually exclusive.

Mineral Grey on Beige. My E92 M3's turboed cousin!

Thanks for the pics, the interior looks superb. I can't wait until the journalists get their hands on this.

[Lorde]

Mineral Grey is a win on the M4. Has to be the best color option right now on the standard color line.

The sunroof on the M3 just throws the whooooole look off. The sculpted carbon fiber roof is a necessity when the styling on the front and rear bumpers is so drastic/wild.

[Tonymiabmw]

Originally Posted by Needsdecaf

That's not Austin Yellow. That's Arum dust.

Oh really

[GregW / Oregon]

Mineral gray is only thing half way appealing to me right now (don't especially want white again) - need to see it in person, though. Beige leather is not even looking too bad in those first shots; nice contrast with all the dark.

[Tonymiabmw]

Here's one in the sun of AY much better

[Chill72]

Originally Posted by michaelw9

Was that really Sonoma Beige? I can't see any difference from Silverstone

I'm not seeing a real difference either. In the original pic from yesterday sonoma beige looked almost yellow.