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Individual Manufactor - not for interiors in USA?
So I placed an order for a 2022 M550i a week ago that included individual leather. Yesterday my CA called and told me Individual leather choices were no longer available in the US. He said BMW-USA didn't have any explanation and wouldn't say if this is COVID supply related or a permanent change.
I'm quite bummed out since the only interior colors I like are not offered in NAPA on the 550. |
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My example is the refusal to bring the BMW 545e to the US while it is being sold elsewhere. Between the new nose and these kinds of decisions, I may be looking elsewhere when I am ready to replace my car. |
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09-13-2021, 12:58 PM | #4 |
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Ah I guess they make thebdecision the local market
I'm the U.K. we don't get many of the version of the 5 compared to say the German market We don't get rear drive only 540 as one example and we only got the 550 starting with the LCI models. Having said that the U.K. models are quite well specced before any options are added, in pre LCI days we didn't the lesser dashboard that the US got as one example Very market specific |
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If you want any of the normal merino individual color go to Canada and order it. Its very nice with leather on the lower part of the dashboard and the back of the frontseats. In Canada you can also choose 4 zone climate control which is not possible in the US. |
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EDIT: I just looked at an M550i and indeed "individual" leathers like Tartufo are indeed gone from the ordering system for the M550i
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For instance, the 530i/e can still get Soft Close Doors, B&W sound system, and other features in Canada on orders yet those arent available in the US. And the US and Canada markets both fall under BMWNA |
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I still firmly believe much of what we get in North America is decided by planners in Germany. https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/usa/a...language=en_US
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They have certainly simplified models of late, I know some of that is down to emissions so the less variations the lower number of tests to prove mpg and co2 emisssions
Back in 2017 when I ordered my 540 (U.K.) I wanted the wheels from the 550 which was not sold here but was told they could not put them on due that combination not having been tested for co2 etc. I could however buy the wheels and put them on at the dealership before driving away ….. |
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BMW gives many of us little reason to tradein. My 2018 530e has the luxury seating package, the soft close doors, nightvision, etc. which BMW is no longer offering. So why would I trade in my still very nice and comfortable car?
Now...as I said above, if I had the opportunity to upgrade to a 545e, that would be a different story. So...keep my car for quite a while and if I need to tradein...it won't necessarily be for a BMW, even though I would like it to be so. I understand the chip shortage but some of the weird decisions have nothing to do with the chip shortage. |
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I suspect ordering a Canadian version and importing it to the US is fraught with issues. |
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I dont know if or how difficult it is to order it from Canada. In Europe its tricky but makable to order it in other countries as long as you dont need financing. |
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Not being accustomed to taking no for an answer, especially when the Individual configurator has my desired choices for the M550i, I fired up my German language memory and wrote an email to an Individual manager in München asking if that was permanent or just COVID related.
A few days later I got an email from the M manager in BMWUSA basically saying "of course you can get individual" in the US and asking me to have my CA contact them again. Presto, the person who previously denied the request approved it with apologies, saying a middle manager who had issued a blanket order against them was no longer in that position. I still have to wait for Germany to get back to BMWUSA with pricing and availability for my specific requests. But at least it's moving along. |
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Hope the pricing is ok and that this makes more people ordering the full merino interior leather package in the US since its really makes the interior wonderful. |
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