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Originally Posted by iconoclast
my only guess is that it probably was a base model with little to no options and it was quicker to produce because it is not effected by shortages in parts or longer build times.
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I think this is likely. Even though the two vehicles in question are comparative, and it appears the customer vehicle should have been produced first, I think there's lots of unforseen details going on at the plant. Particularly with the way BMW does Just-In-Time logistics supply delivery. Very possible that they started running out of certain parts in stock at the factory as they approached the shutdown, even mainstream base-model parts, and they had to produce vehicles with specs aligned to what they had on hand.
I would imagine we will see very similar situations when the plant reopens, where several parts for particular configurations just aren't in stock right away, resulting in productions delays. Speculating further, this may affect configuration, availability, and pricing of MY2021 models as well.