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      08-10-2012, 07:17 PM   #23
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BMW Welt delivery pic for Green Mamba with its new owner

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What the Green Mamba and a BMW have in common? The name of a similar color and of course a lot of powerful "bite". The model "Green Mamba" in Java Green Metallic BMW Individual is one of the last produced BMW 1 Series M coupe. Its new owner, Steffen K., traveled with friends and children, is delighted at the spectacular collection of unique specimen 340 hp in the BMW world ... We hope you enjoy driving!
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      08-11-2012, 03:47 PM   #24
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Really hate BMW; can I special order in blue? No, nobody can. Bastards.
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      08-11-2012, 04:32 PM   #25
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beautiful and a last hoorah for BMW individual program on the 1M
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      08-11-2012, 05:18 PM   #26
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I'm actually happy for him and his kids. Love the color! The 1M should have only been available in colors that match the personality of the car better, something less conservative than black or white:

Java green
Monte Carlo or Atlantis
Valencia
Laguna Seca
Dakar or Phoenix
Fire Orange

Pick any 3 but not AW or BSM, even though I ended up with Alpine....
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Really hate BMW; can I special order in blue? No, nobody can. Bastards.
I was told the same or that i could have the car stripped down, painted and rebuilt for 15k Euro. Shame really would have loved the option of titanium silver at 4.3k Euro on BMW individual but happy with AW now. I might wrap the car silver at some point in the future
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      09-29-2012, 04:28 PM   #28
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I was told there were two in that Mamba green. First the one with the black stripes for a "good customer", and then someone else who works for BMW also wanted one in that shade of green without the stripes.

I was also told that, that "good customer" has bought over 150 bmw's so far(he is in his 40's)... and that last year he ordered a "special M3 Vert" in Individual PINK for his wife! Pink leather interior and exterior colors!!


From what I am told... there were six special color 1M's built: Polaris Silver(to match an old 2002 color), two in Mamba Green, Dakar Yellow(?), SGM, and MCB. I would love to see what those other cars look like. But I think they are garage queens never to see the light of day.

One strange thing is I was told there were about 7,500 1M's made... but that link you posted says the figure is only: 6331. ?


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Can you disclose what was the position of the person who told you about 7500 1Ms? At least, did they confirm end of production as of 29th of June (not that I have any doubts but...)?
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      09-29-2012, 04:43 PM   #29
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Can you disclose what was the position of the person who told you about 7500 1Ms? At least, did they confirm end of production as of 29th of June (not that I have any doubts but...)?

I do not put much faith in this guy who told me that. He was just a tour guide at the Leipzig Factory.

He also told me that the production ended back in February 2012. Which I thought was strange. I pointed out to him that the "Green Mamba" was built in the first week of June - and he said that they built a few cars after normal 1M production ended for "special customers". He said they made five or six of these special color 1M's.

I am not sure what to believe anymore about the 1M production info. Perhaps we need a higher up source for "hard data"!
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Nice...but not my taste....!
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      10-02-2012, 07:02 AM   #31
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LOVE the color but the stripes are hideous.
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Really hate BMW; can I special order in blue? No, nobody can. Bastards.
+1. That's just low. Either offer Individual on the whole production or not. I really like the green, but I'm not a fan of the stripes. And enough with the black wheels already. Where did that fad come from? I understand the contrast is nice, but meh.

Really neat green, though. I agree with Metak - a couple of colors would have have great potential for this vehicle.
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I was told there were two in that Mamba green. First the one with the black stripes for a "good customer", and then someone else who works for BMW also wanted one in that shade of green without the stripes.

I was also told that, that "good customer" has bought over 150 bmw's so far(he is in his 40's)... and that last year he ordered a "special M3 Vert" in Individual PINK for his wife! Pink leather interior and exterior colors!!


From what I am told... there were six special color 1M's built: Polaris Silver(to match an old 2002 color), two in Mamba Green, Dakar Yellow(?), SGM, and MCB. I would love to see what those other cars look like. But I think they are garage queens never to see the light of day.

One strange thing is I was told there were about 7,500 1M's made... but that link you posted says the figure is only: 6331. ?


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So good customer counts for more than the Prince of Bavaria (who asked and was denied an individual color)???
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      10-04-2012, 01:46 AM   #34
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minus the stripe, i like it!
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So good customer counts for more than the Prince of Bavaria (who asked and was denied an individual color)???

Noop. The Prince was given the choice of a special color... but when he was told how much it would cost for just the pant... he decided to take his 1M in AW, and with no options! He thought the 1M is best, as a back to basics car.
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Noop. The Prince was given the choice of a special color... but when he was told how much it would cost for just the pant... he decided to take his 1M in AW, and with no options! He thought the 1M is best, as a back to basics car.
And that's the kind of Royalty I would happily serve to.
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Arrow Leopold Prinz von Bayern & his AW 1M...

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And that's the kind of Royalty I would happily serve to.
Yup! He is really a cool guy. He attends most every BMW car event too. He is a sort of Ambassador for BMW. I have seen him at various BMW events throughout the year. IF it is a major BMW event you can bet he will be there in his Bayrische green jacket!


Here is the Prince with his "stripper" 1M parked out front of ///M GmbH in Garching...
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So which 10 year old kid decided to put "Green Mamba" on the car?
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So which 10 year old kid decided to put "Green Mamba" on the car?
The one with the Green Mamba shoes!
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Very clean! Looks brilliant.
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