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Originally Posted by LittleJoe
FYI: Alpina Blue and Green exterior color options are delayed as follows:
Alpina Blue delayed until December 2020
Alpina Green delayed until April 2021
Very odd why they can't mix these custom paint colors at a plant here in the US. It's just paint!
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Because the current Spartanburg X5/6/7 manufacturing line isn't set up for 490 BMW Individual special paint requests other than the current SABI Individual paint which is shared across the 3 vehicles - TB2 and Ametrin.
When ordering SABI Individual paints for other BMW models, the factory needs to halt the entire line and switch out the paint in the robots just to do one of these custom colors. But this isn't the case for the X models. Per BMWNA, BMW Individual special paints program is expected to be available from 08/2020 onwards.
Due to the pandemic, I'm sure this option and availability date will be pushed further back, just as the ALPINA custom paints have.
