[nv6425]

I asked my Dealer when the allocation becomes available and they weren't sure. Any ideas when these things will be built?

[MB21]

Originally Posted by Jason

The 2021 BMW X7 Dark Shadow Edition

• Limited Edition X7 M50i with 523 hp and 553 lb.-ft. of torque.
• Approximately 75 units reserved for the U.S. market.
• Unique, model-specific BMW Individual color and equipment.
• MSRP of $119,495 plus $995 Destination.
• U.S. production begins Q4 2020.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – July 23, 2020...Today, BMW announces a very limited edition X7 for those seeking a darker and more mysterious side to their 7-passenger Sports Activity Vehicle. The 2021 X7 Dark Shadow Edition will be built at Plant Spartanburg (SC), BMW Group's largest global production plant, starting this August for worldwide markets and in Q4 for the U.S. 600 vehicles will be built for customers around the world with approximately 75 units reserved for the U.S.

Pre-ordering will kick-off on July 23rd at 6:01 pm EST [Now] on www.shopbmwusa.com/X7-Dark- Shadow-Edition-Pre-Order. A refundable $1,000 deposit will reserve one of the limited edition vehicles online with the purchase details being completed with your selected dealer. The X7 Dark Shadow Edition is equipped with a very comprehensive selection of standard and optional equipment and packages, the only option at pre-order being the selection of second row Captain's Chairs vs. the standard three-person bench seat.

BMW Individual design features

The X7 Dark Shadow Edition will be painted in a BMW Individual Frozen Arctic Grey metallic matte finish, marking the first time this special paint is available on an X vehicle. Extended Shadowline high-gloss black trim is applied to the door window trim, B- and C-pillar covers, side-mirror base covers and roof rails, kidney grille, and air breather trim. The tips of the M Sport exhaust system are also finished in black chrome.

22-inch M V-spoke bicolor matte Jett Black light-allow wheels are shod with mixed-size performance run-flat tires.

The interior, which can be ordered in either a six or seven passenger configuration, also receives exclusive touches to set this X7 apart from the rest. BMW Individual Full Merino Leather in two-tone Night Blue/Black with contrast stitching covers the seats. The BMW Individual headliner is trimmed with Night Blue Alcantara. The upper dashboard, doors and armrests are trimmed in Night Blue Nappa Leather while the lower dash and front seatbacks are covered in Black Merino leather. BMW Individual Fineline wood trim with aluminium inserts on the upper console area finishes off the exclusive feel of this special X7.

BMW Individual Piano Black trim on the lower center console is used as a backdrop for the limited-edition badge.


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Standard and optional equipment

Standard equipment on the X7 Dark Shadow Edition includes:
• 22-inch Style 755M wheels with mixed-size performance run-flat tires.
• 8-speed Sport Automatic transmission
• M Sport Brakes
• M Sport Differential
• M Sport Exhaust
• Adaptive M Suspension
• Two-axle air suspension
• Remote Engine Start
• Icon Adaptive LED with Laserlight
• Active Protection

• Automatic front seat belt tensioning
• Automatic closing of windows and sunroof o Fatigue and Focus alert
• Post-crash braking

• Active Driving Assistant

• LaneDeparturewarning
• Active Blind Spot Detection and Protection
• PedestrianWarningwithbraking
• FrontalCollisionwarningwithCityCollisionMitigation
• CityCollisionMitigationwithbraking
• Speedlimitinformation
• Automatichighbeams
• RearCross-trafficalert
• RearCollisionpreparation

• Driving Assistance Professional Package

• Extended Traffic Jam Assistance for limited access highways o Active Cruise Control with Stop & Go
• Active Lane Keeping Assistant with side collision avoidance o Automatic Lane Change
• Evasion Assistant and front cross traffic alert

• Cold Weather Package

• Heated front and rear seats
• 5-zone climate control • Luxury Seating Package
• Front ventilated, massaging seats.

• Executive Package

• PanoramicSkyLoungeLEDroof
• Heatedandcooledcupholders
• Glasscontrols

• Multi-contour seats
• Bowers and Wilkins Diamond Surround Audio
• Live Cockpit Professional with iDrive 7 and two 12.3-inch digital displays
• Apple Car-Play and Android Auto Compatibility
• SiriusXM with 360L and 1 year All Access subscription
• Wireless charging for compatible mobile devices

• WiFi Hotspot with complementary 3-month or 3Gb trial

• Head-Up display
• Comfort Access keyless entry
• Soft-close automatic doors
• Acoustic glass
• Rear manual side-window shades
• Heated front seats, armrests and steering wheel
• Leather dashboard
• Ambient lighting
• Drive recorder
• Rear view camera and Surround View with 3D View
• Park Distance Control

Selectable options at the time of pre-ordering include:
• 2nd row Captain's Chairs in place of 2nd row bench seat.

Nice and not sold on interior but could imagine fitting in 😆

[Wild Blue]

Originally Posted by nv6425

I asked my Dealer when the allocation becomes available and they weren't sure. Any ideas when these things will be built?

Q4 stated for the USA. That's as much as we know, AFAIK. But Q4 starts this week, so...???

[Heimdall]

Originally Posted by Wild Blue

Strange thing has happened. As all this has been going on, my local dealer that this pre-order went to (without me asking), hasn't been doing hardly anything as far as getting information and working out my order. I had left them working out the exact configuration of the Dark Shadow, which they eventually just pretty much verified the info here in this thread.

However, today they came back on a request I was sure was going to fail. The dealer says they worked with corporate, and have added three things to my specific Dark Shadow build: DHP, spare tire, and RES. They said they were not able to add the tow package.

Naturally, I'm verrrrry skeptical, especially about the RES. I don't suppose anyone else has tried this as well with their DS build.

Just guessing and not that I have any insight
But I have a strong feeling that they will allow adding all those packages to the shadow line, as it's one of the highly demanded options. I don't see why wouldn't they.

[MystroX5]

Originally Posted by Heimdall

Just guessing and not that I have any insight
But I have a strong feeling that they will allow adding all those packages to the shadow line, as it's one of the highly demanded options. I don't see why wouldn't they.

This 2021 option elimination because of "parts shortages" doesn't make any sense. Non-USA vehicles can order most of the 2020 options so where is the shortages at?

[Wanderer73]

Originally Posted by MystroX5

DHP is absolutely a must for the X5 and X7. It totally transforms the ride and handling. The motoring press reports its handling as "defying physics" in a astonishing way.

It is amazing. I drove my sister-in-law's X7 without DHP and then mine again to see if I could still detect a significant difference; still night and day around town and in parking lots.

[Heimdall]

Originally Posted by MystroX5

This 2021 option elimination because of "parts shortages" doesn't make any sense. Non-USA vehicles can order most of the 2020 options so where is the shortages at?

The shortage is in the US market 😝
Since it's being built here, we have to pay the tax for the rest of the world.

[Wild Blue]

Well, this is interesting. My CA emailed me this build sheet for me, which does in fact show that they added DHP and Spare Tire to my build. But not trailer hitch. (personal info blanked out) I'm rather surprised about this, but it looks like it's actually happening. And notice that RES (option code 6FH) is actually listed as included, for no charge! When it's not even available for MY2021, other than Alpina. Less reason for me to back out now. We haven't started to discuss price.

[Wild Blue]

Sure enough, the MyBMW tracker is showing the Dark Shadow edition, with DHP and spare tire added. No trailer hitch, but RES "standard". Color pictured here obviously not the actual Dark Shadow frozen grey

[Wild Blue]

Wait, wait... I just did a fine-tooth comb review of that build sheet, and notice that Rear Entertainment System (code 6FH) is actually listed in the build, at no charge! It's also listed in my MyBMW production tracker, too. This option isn't even available in MY2021, other than Alpina. Perhaps this does give Dark Shadow an edge on being a special Limited Edition model?

(previous posts above edited to reflect this)

[MystroX5]

Originally Posted by Wild Blue

Wait, wait... I just did a fine-tooth comb review of that build sheet, and notice that Rear Entertainment System (code 6FH) is actually listed in the build, at no charge! It's also listed in my MyBMW production tracker, too. This option isn't even available in MY2020, other than Alpina. Perhaps this does give Dark Shadow an edge on being a special Limited Edition model?

(previous posts above edited to reflect this)

You mean not available for 2021 models as 2020 had the most options ever available. 2021 models cant get ambient air or even night vision at all.

[Heimdall]

Originally Posted by Wild Blue

Well, this is interesting. My CA emailed me this build sheet for me, which does in fact show that they added DHP and Spare Tire to my build. But not trailer hitch. (personal info blanked out) I'm rather surprised about this, but it looks like it's actually happening. And notice that RES (option code 6FH) is actually listed as included, for no charge! When it's not even available for MY2021, other than Alpina. Less reason for me to back out now. We haven't started to discuss price.

Nice to see they corrected their previous announcements and that my prediction came true 😉.

Good luck 🍀 and enjoy the ride

[MystroX5]

RES should certainly be on the DS. BMW needs to better source these options to the top tier vehicles.

[Wild Blue]

Originally Posted by MystroX5

You mean not available for 2021 models as 2020 had the most options ever available. 2021 models cant get ambient air or even night vision at all.

Whoops, yes. Corrected above. I tend to do that when in one calendar year, and talking about the next model year that's out. I was planning on ordering Ambient Air and Night Vision on my X7, until BMW cut them for MY2021. Those you can't even get on Alpina in the USA.

[jvm]

Originally Posted by Wild Blue

Wait, wait... I just did a fine-tooth comb review of that build sheet, and notice that Rear Entertainment System (code 6FH) is actually listed in the build, at no charge! It's also listed in my MyBMW production tracker, too. This option isn't even available in MY2021, other than Alpina. Perhaps this does give Dark Shadow an edge on being a special Limited Edition model?

(previous posts above edited to reflect this)

where does it show RES in your MyBMW production tracker?

and do you know a build date yet given its scheduled for production?

[Wild Blue]

Originally Posted by jvm

where does it show RES in your MyBMW production tracker?

and do you know a build date yet given its scheduled for production?

Hey. On the build sheet it's listed as 6FH, Rear Seat Entertainment Professional, for N/C. This lines up with the same option code that was available for purchase on MY2020 and 2019.

On the MyBMW tracker, it's actually under "Standard Features" as Rear seat Entertainment.

Since I'm taking screen shots of my MyBMW tracker, I also included one of what it shows for the paint and leather there.

Just found out I have a week 45 build, which is November 2-8.

Do you have one on order too?

[ComingInHot]

You better discuss price soon because they already know you're hooked and it will only get worse as you get closer. Glad this is working out for you

[Next Level Auto Brokers]

production has started!

[malba2366]

My build is also scheduled for week 45...the dealer just called me saying it will enter production next week incase I want to make changes.

[Wild Blue]

For those that haven't seen this webpage, other than the press release this seems to be the only page dedicated to the Dark Shadow edition.
https://www.bmw-m.com/en/topics/maga...w-edition.html

My dealer still can't make up their mind as to the final configuration and MSRP of the car, much less us make a deal on final sales price. I'm so close to just walking away, or calling another dealer or broker to pick up my production slot. My BMW tracker is still sitting at dot 2, but I know others have already started production early.

[Wild Blue]

Anyone get their Dark Shadow model yet? Like, anywhere in the world? Supposedly they've been rolling off the line. Mine is still "scheduled for production", 2 weeks away in week 45. Other week 45 builds have been entering production early.

My dealer still can't sort out the final configuration. One thing that was fixed, I specified Captain's chairs at time of order, but the 2nd row configuration wasn't listed at all on my build sheet, one way or another. My dealer said the "Call In" arrived to them with Captain's Chairs specified to "no", but they "begged and pleaded with the factory (ok) and added the Captain's Chairs".

They insist that although other things can (and have) be added to a Dark Shadow model, you can't add the trailer hitch, "as it affect the hang-on parts (i.e. aero kit)".

One remaining thing, I pointed this out: In the X7 ordering guide, option 4M5, Leather Dashboard, is both required, and included at no charge with VB__ Full Merino Leather. (ordering guide attached here) The build sheet includes the VBHX Full Merino Leather, but charges $850 for the 4M5 Leather Dashboard.

They are checking to ensure that the 4M5 leather dashboard is no-cost, coming with the VBHX Full Merino Leather.

[Saejin]

Was offered a Dark Shadow Edition when I ordered my X7. Seemed like the dealer couldn't get anyone to bite. They had two allocations and ended up trading one away the same day.

I didn't consider it given they would have charged me full MSRP...kept mentioning one of kind and high demand model with great resale...but now reading here that some options can't be selected and you're stuck with a pre-configured option list...no thanks.

Looks great and all, but given the 2021s had already lost some options I wanted, wasn't about to lose more with this edition. I'm sure there will be more special editions later on.