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      05-19-2012, 09:09 PM   #1
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Orion silver picts?

Does anyone have pictures of what the new 'orion sliver' looks like?

I narrowed my color choice to silver, melbourne, or imperial blue.
If orion silver is between regular silver and mineral gray, then that may be what I want on the Msport.

EDIT:
I found a pict of orion silver. It's available on the X6.
I think I may have found another color I want.
So now it's between orion silver, imperial blue, melbourne.

Estoril blue looks good on the Msport, but I think I may get tired of that color after a couple months.
The Msport with estoril does look sweet though.
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      05-19-2012, 09:27 PM   #2
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estoril will get played out yet youre considering imperial blue and silver?

estoril and red will stay fresh and aggressive for a long time...
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      05-20-2012, 03:27 PM   #3
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I think the press release said no Orion for msport. It's gone before I even seen it in a computer generated image.

For me it is silver or alpine white for msport. Probably the latter because I think metallic takes away some of the msport feeling by being too posh.

Not sure I like estoril and I am sure I will get tired of it. Should have had more violet in it.

Red is nice but I'm not sure it is even possible to sell a red BMW (in Sweden).
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We have a blue similar to the Estoril maybe a little brighter on our Volvo V70R and I really like it. My wife didn't want another bright blue although she likes the color. Consequently, we are getting the melbourne, her choice I am wondering if it might be a little too aggressive on the M, i.e. cop bait but I gave her only three colors to choose from the melbourne, estoril, or mineral gray. I told her she might have to dye her gray hair to bright red--she didn't think it was funny.
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      05-21-2012, 02:30 AM   #5
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OP...you might be getting a red Msport. I don't think Imperial Blue is an Msport color either.
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OP if you're interested in Orion Silver check out this thread...

http://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244567
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OP if you're interested in Orion Silver check out this thread...

http://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244567
So it's another "silver" that is really more of a gold/champagne. Looks like the "mineral silver" on the x3...

Lol at all the colors they're afraid to call what they are, the gold and browns..
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      05-22-2012, 11:05 PM   #8
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To me, Orion Silver is a fancy word for beige.

Beige = blah!

Also, looks best to me with black interior vs. beige.
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