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      08-14-2022, 01:28 AM   #1
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Dark door panels with Kyalami Orange in LCI G80

I just found this video on Youtube. It shows a LCI G80 in Isle of Man green with Kyalami interior. The strange thing is that the door panels now seem to be in black. Is this really a change for the LCI ??? Can not believe it to be honest because in my opinion it looks like sh*t... :
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Yes it is a change in 2023.

I ordered full leather on my order in order to get the door panels.

Some of the colors have door panels colored with extended and some don't.

No clear rhyme or reason.
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      08-14-2022, 02:14 AM   #3
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Yes it is a change in 2023.

I ordered full leather on my order in order to get the door panels.

Some of the colors have door panels colored with extended and some don't.

No clear rhyme or reason.
You are right. Just checked the configurator. All of the standard 'extended' leather options Yas Marina Blue, Silverstone and Kyalami orange now seem to come with black doorpanels...

Maybe done so that they can sell more full leather optioned cars.
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You are right. Just checked the configurator. All of the standard 'extended' leather options Yas Marina Blue, Silverstone and Kyalami orange now seem to come with black doorpanels...

Maybe done so that they can sell more full leather optioned cars.
The Fiona, Fjord, Ivory White, and Tartufo, are considered Individual interior colors (These are also the colors that have the carpeted floor mat piping in interior color.)

So, it looks like they just separated them a little further by not giving you colored door panels on the basic leather colors. All the more reason to just spend the money on full leather.
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I mean it's not horrible but I would much rather have the door panels match and not have to upgrade if I didn't want to just to get what used to be. It's always something lol.
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I mean it's not horrible but I would much rather have the door panels match and not have to upgrade if I didn't want to just to get what used to be. It's always something lol.
The options are a lot more profitable to BMW than the base car itself. So this change with the door cards is clearly beneficial to BMW if more people buy the full leather. And the base car becomes a tad cheaper to produce with more shared door cards.

Not great for the customer unless you consider fewer people ordering extended, seeing all the cheap plastic surfaces and then regretting not going full.
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You are right. Just checked the configurator. All of the standard 'extended' leather options Yas Marina Blue, Silverstone and Kyalami orange now seem to come with black doorpanels...

Maybe done so that they can sell more full leather optioned cars.
The Fiona, Fjord, Ivory White, and Tartufo, are considered Individual interior colors (These are also the colors that have the carpeted floor mat piping in interior color.)

So, it looks like they just separated them a little further by not giving you colored door panels on the basic leather colors. All the more reason to just spend the money on full leather.
Or more reason to go black.
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What i just do not understand is why they do this on the M3/M4. I do not know of a single other model (not even a 1 series) where they do this. Also for the pre LCI they did not do this. So why start doing such a ridiculous change now for one of the most iconic / premium BMW models ? Whoever thought of this change should find another job in my opinion.
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What i just do not understand is why they do this on the M3/M4. I do not know of a single other model (not even a 1 series) where they do this. Also for the pre LCI they did not do this. So why start doing such a ridiculous change now for one of the most iconic / premium BMW models ? Whoever thought of this change should find another job in my opinion.
They did, recieved a promotion at BMW for their genius ideas on making the company more profits.

I doubt any M3 buyer is going to say "Yeah, I'm not buying that car anymore, the doors aren't color matched." I was just as mad about spending the extra $2550, but at the end of the day nothing we can do about it unfortunately.
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I was just as mad about spending the extra $2550, but at the end of the day nothing we can do about it unfortunately.
If you opt for the Executive pkg., Full leather is only $2,300.

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What i just do not understand is why they do this on the M3/M4. I do not know of a single other model (not even a 1 series) where they do this. Also for the pre LCI they did not do this. So why start doing such a ridiculous change now for one of the most iconic / premium BMW models ? Whoever thought of this change should find another job in my opinion.
They did, recieved a promotion at BMW for their genius ideas on making the company more profits.

I doubt any M3 buyer is going to say "Yeah, I'm not buying that car anymore, the doors aren't color matched." I was just as mad about spending the extra $2550, but at the end of the day nothing we can do about it unfortunately.
This is the same person that decided to remove the model designation from the shifter console.
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I was sold on the +$2550 because I ordered Tartufo, and Tartufo in extended also looks like crap IMO. So admittedly I chose the package for the look, but in reality it adds a lot of leather. My car built to around 93k, and at that number, I want the top interior available. Other people only care about the ride, and the good news there is you really don't need to add any options. But good for us as the buyers we can all select what we want.
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I was sold on the +$2550 because I ordered Tartufo, and Tartufo in extended also looks like crap IMO. So admittedly I chose the package for the look, but in reality it adds a lot of leather. My car built to around 93k, and at that number, I want the top interior available. Other people only care about the ride, and the good news there is you really don't need to add any options. But good for us as the buyers we can all select what we want.
Although I ordered my car with every single option, except Carbon buckets, I actually had it appraised, last month, at my friends dealer, and with $26k in options, those options were worth $6k at trade in.

Executive package being worth the most for a rate of return, while the $8,150 carbon ceramic brakes, being worth a measly $106 bump over standard brakes, on KBB.

But there are a few things that make the brakes worth their weight in gold. One, no brake dust, and 2 the rotors and pads will last the life of the car, unless the car is heavily tracked.

And the standard brakes, for people with 13k-15k miles, are getting their rear pads replaced to the tune of $2,000 a shot. Out of the 5 sets that I've heard of needing to be replaced, at that mileage, 2 of the cars needed rear rotors.
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What i just do not understand is why they do this on the M3/M4. I do not know of a single other model (not even a 1 series) where they do this. Also for the pre LCI they did not do this. So why start doing such a ridiculous change now for one of the most iconic / premium BMW models ? Whoever thought of this change should find another job in my opinion.
They did, recieved a promotion at BMW for their genius ideas on making the company more profits.

I doubt any M3 buyer is going to say "Yeah, I'm not buying that car anymore, the doors aren't color matched." I was just as mad about spending the extra $2550, but at the end of the day nothing we can do about it unfortunately.
This is the same person that decided to remove the model designation from the shifter console.
This one actually really pissed me off. I really like how it looks. Anyway to swap in a 2022 piece?
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So why start doing such a ridiculous change now for one of the most iconic / premium BMW models ? Whoever thought of this change should find another job in my opinion.
OEM push their suppliers for cost reduction every year even on a safety component. In the current market, any penny on the vehicle is being counted as finance teams takes the final call.
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This is the same person that decided to remove the model designation from the shifter console.
I for one could care less about BMW dropping the multi-colored console model monogram, as a matter of fact I always thought it looked cheesy & cheap.

There's already an M emblem on the steering wheel and dead pedal (and I'm sure there'll be at least one on the new curved display somewhere at all times), an illuminated M3/M4 emblem on each front head rest, and an embossed M on the console shifter.

How many more do we need?
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More cost cutting and penny pinching. This is sad.
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I for one could care less about BMW dropping the multi-colored console model monogram, as a matter of fact I always thought it looked cheesy & cheap.

There's already an M emblem on the steering wheel and dead pedal (and I'm sure there'll be at least one on the new curved display somewhere at all times), an illuminated M3/M4 emblem on each front head rest, and an embossed M on the console shifter.

How many more do we need?
If you consider interior photographs that only capture one portion of the cabin at a time, given the massive overlap with the base cars, aside from the carbon fiber trim (if optioned), it's the model designation on the gear shifter that make it immediately obvious that it is an M car. Sure there are subtle things like the colored stitching inside the steering wheel but those can be non-obvious.

The M logo on the steering wheel is there on M Sport versions of the base car. Even the carbon fiber trim is showing up on some non-proper-M cars like the i4.

And for some photos, it's the only thing that could tell you if it was taken inside an M3 or an M4.

So yeah, the model designation on the gear console is not a sure-shot "no-one cares" decorative element. It's a close second to the designation on the trunk lid imo.
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If you consider interior photographs that only capture one portion of the cabin at a time, given the massive overlap with the base cars, aside from the carbon fiber trim (if optioned), it's the model designation on the gear shifter that make it immediately obvious that it is an M car.
The gear shifter alone is enough to identify as an "M" now since BMW dropped it on the new 3 Series non-M cars....
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The gear shifter alone is enough to identify as an "M" now since BMW dropped it on the new 3 Series non-M cars....
That is a fair point as a differentiator. Thinking of that now.. what an atrocity against the regular cars that is.
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