Interlagos Blue or Lemans Blue??

ROADKING36 · 06-30-2008, 10:43 PM

My dealer said that they would have the Lemans Blue available for the 2009
M3. I've seen the Interlagos Blue, but how does it compare to the Lemans? Which do you guys like better? I can't decide and need to place my order. I really wanted bright blue, but it seems that I can't get a special order though BMW individual. Has anyone had any luck with this? Thanks for everyones help.
Chris

12:03 · 06-30-2008, 11:24 PM

Lemans:

Interlagos:

Tell me you can see the difference. I can see it, but I do not think it is very significant. Of all the colors to keep at the same time, why Interlagos and Lemans???

hakaida442 · 06-30-2008, 11:27 PM

they look pretty identical to me. interlargos looks slightly darker to me or maybe its the lighting.

12:03 · 06-30-2008, 11:28 PM

Interlagos is darker, and has more purple in it than lemans does...

ROADKING36 · 06-30-2008, 11:55 PM

Which do you guys think looks better in person?

Davinhci · 07-01-2008, 12:07 AM

lagos

VMM · 07-01-2008, 01:46 AM

Last two cars I've owned are blue. Tried to convince my wife to try blue for her next car. When it turned out she wanted an e90 M3 I figured there would be no chance. Probably still no dice with Lemans... oh well I like Melbourne Red also.

In all the pictures I've seen the Lemans looks a bit brighter. The purple for Interlagos is really only under the sun. Both colors look phenomenal. I don't think you could go wrong with either. Lemans would be rare.

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Which do you guys think looks better in person?

booforty · 07-01-2008, 02:58 AM

Le Mans definitely - lighter the better as it shows off the lines and bumps of the M3 better plus nice contrast with the c/f roof

mkoesel · 07-01-2008, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ROADKING36

My dealer said that they would have the Lemans Blue available for the 2009 M3.

Just curious - does you dealer have any official documentation from BMW about Lemans and other 2009 model year changes?

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I've seen the Interlagos Blue, but how does it compare to the Lemans? Which do you guys like better? I can't decide and need to place my order.

Find an Interlagos M3 and Montego 335i to compare side-by-side. Lemans will be even less purple than Montego is, and much less than Interlagos. Overall, Montego and Lemans are pretty close in color though - a lot closer than Montego and Interlagos.

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I really wanted bright blue, but it seems that I can't get a special order though BMW individual. Has anyone had any luck with this?

No, in the US, no one has done it. There are no shortage of claims that it can be done (even from people inside BMW NA) but there are absolutely zero known individual E9X M3s (or E6X M5/6s for that matter) in the US.

aggie57 · 07-01-2008, 07:28 AM

I don't understand why you'd buy a M3 and then paint it the same color as someone's bog standard 320i.

Big Windy · 07-01-2008, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 12:03

Interlagos is darker, and has more purple in it than lemans does...

+1

mkoesel · 07-01-2008, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by aggie57

I don't understand why you'd buy a M3 and then paint it the same color as someone's bog standard 320i.

Because in North America we do not get the MSport/MTech package, so Lemans blue is not available here at all (heck, neither is a 320i for that matter, but I understand that was just your example). It still does seem a strange choice for a new M3 color though.

Big Windy · 07-01-2008, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

Because in North America we do not get the MSport/MTech package, so Lemans blue is not available here at all (heck, neither is a 320i for that matter, but I understand that was just your example). It still does seem a strange choice for a new M3 color though.

well, lemans began as an M exclusive color, right? still, esotril would have been better!

southlight · 07-01-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Windy

well, lemans began as an M exclusive color, right?

Yes, first appearance with the E39 M5.

Best regards, south

Big Windy · 07-01-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by southlight

Yes, first appearance with the E39 M5.

Best regards, south

and it looked so damn good on the e39.

mkoesel · 07-01-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Windy

well, lemans began as an M exclusive color, right? still, esotril would have been better!

Yes, but as pointed out, its all over the normal 3 series (and 1 series) now in most of the world. Can't recall a time in the past when, after initial release, an M car gained a color from the normal palette that had not been on the car at release. Granted it was MSport only, but still this is not too different than if they were to add in Crimson now or something. Arbitrary. It is as if they were desperate for a "new" color? But then also, why not Monaco as it is much more different from Interlagos than Lemans is?

And yes, Estoril would be sweet but that color is gone from what we've heard.

xsilvor · 07-01-2008, 09:40 AM

Still waiting for the return of Leguna Seca Blue.

Big Windy · 07-01-2008, 09:47 AM

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Still waiting for the return of Leguna Seca Blue.

you might be waiting a while.

ersin · 07-01-2008, 10:03 AM

I just saw my first Interlagos Blue M3 a couple of weeks ago. It looks much darker in real life than it does in pictures. And I can see very little difference in the pictures posted. But I do like the color. How many people are going to know that it's a somewhat exclusive color anyway? They're just going to look at it say "yup, that's blue like every other blue".

Sedan_Clan · 07-01-2008, 02:34 PM

It is one way as it is another. LB and IB are both nice.

The CSL · 07-01-2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Windy

you might be waiting a while.

Yes, the colour palette is rather bland for this M3.

ATSR · 07-01-2008, 06:30 PM

Interlagos

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