335i sport colours

[bennno]

Cannot decide between Le Mans Blue, Black or Silver on a 335i M Sport saloon - which of these is best?

bennno

[mwy1964]

Been playing with the BMW configurator for a 335d Touring to replace my 330Ci... Black or Silver IMHO..

[mondeoman]

Red

[bennno]

I had an imola red, 330i sport as my last company car but dont like the new red. Still cannot decide, plus black or beige leather?

(discounting grey as its grey, terracotta as its brown and lemon as it looks odd in photos with a black dash)

bennno

[mwy1964]

Silver with Black leather looks good, my current 330 has this and has stood the test of time well 5 years old and 96K and still cleans up like new...

Black and beige is one of the choices for the 335d but I have heard beige looks grubby quickly... So it may be black and black with high gloss black trim and 188 stylie wheels if BMW will deviate...

[fergy]

I hate beige.... so anything but that...

[fergy]

bennno said:

I had an imola red, 330i sport as my last company car but dont like the new red. Still cannot decide, plus black or beige leather?

(discounting grey as its grey, terracotta as its brown and lemon as it looks odd in photos with a black dash)

bennno

Can you not get any colour you want through their "individual" program ? In which case Imola Red would be lovely...

[bennno]

Black looks best imho but is a nightmare to keep clean, you wash it, it dries and then you see all the fly residue you missed.

I went for a sport as the se needs the sport s/wheel, dechrome, sports suspension, sports seats and the 18" wheels - but that little lot makes it pretty much the same price as the sport

bennno

[MattOz]

Black is OK, but a pain in the arse to keep clean. So is Le Mans blue to be honest. I had a Le Mans blue E90 and it looked fantastic.

I know you don't like grey, but Sparkling Graphite is a fantastic colour. If it was me, I'd probably go for Graphite or Silver exterior with black interior. Beige is a no no. Eurgh!

Matt

[off_again]

Do they do Carbon Black for the 3? If so then that one - but if not then it has to be the blue. Look best in dark colours and those really do make it look a little more subtle. Seen a nice 330i Estate in the blue with the big wheels and it looked great while the black does look menacing.... Personal choice obviously, but I know what I would do...

[playerone]

Le Mans or Sparkling Graphite are the only ones to go for.

[CatherineJ]

Well our M Sport is white, but I do love Sparkling Graphite.

Dick Lovett Swindon have a red M Sport Saloon in the showroom that looks quite stunning.

[job38]

Please, please, please, no more silver, black, or grey.

[theboss]

bennno said:

Cannot decide between Le Mans Blue, Black or Silver on a 335i M Sport saloon - which of these is best?

bennno

What an enviable dilemna to be in! I'm sure whatever colour you go for it will be f'ing awesome.

[bennno]

black / black - the nose looks odd in silver, graphite is a bit boring, le mans blue is overdone, red too lairy and white was tempting but too risky

bennno

[CatherineJ]

I think your only choice then is a Silver one.

[off_again]

bennno said:

white was tempting but too risky

bennno

Dick Lovetts in Bristol had an individual White M5 a few months ago. OK, not my bag, but have to say that it looked stunning and certainly stands out from the crowd of other 5-series! White is the new black but from what I could see the M5 at DL was something like 73k list but they were trying to punt it on for £60k with only 6000 miles on the clock - thats a big hit and has to be because of the colour...

[CatherineJ]

Here is ours

[bennno]

that does look lovely

[Hedgeman]

Went through the same dilemna myself on my 335d M sport touring. In the end decided on Le Mans Blue as it suited the car the best IMO. Second choice would have been sparkling graphite which looks a tad dull, but is more stealthy. Discounted black due to keeping it clean, and thought that silver just didn't suit this car (and is too common anyway).