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    How rare is Japan (Electric) Red?

    I've owned my E46 for while now, and I've yet to see another E46 in Japan Red, I've seen a few in Imola, but I've never seen Japan red. Is it a rarer color or just unpopular?

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    It is also called electric red. The German's called it Japan Rot, aka Japan red. If you check the color number, that is what you will see.

    As in being rare? I have seen a couple around where I live, but the only time I see the 405 Imola Rot II, is either on a M-3 or a BMW individual.
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    If you give me last 7 digits of you VIN i can find out how many cars were built for US market in Japan Red

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xakepok View Post
    If you give me last 7 digits of you VIN i can find out how many cars were built for US market in Japan Red
    Can you do that for the whole line? Also I would be curious on the interior colors as well, for most combos had sand or black. I haven't seen too many with red/grey interior.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xakepok View Post
    If you give me last 7 digits of you VIN i can find out how many cars were built for US market in Japan Red
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    Hey guys. Took me a while to get back to you. I am not the one who has access to this database. If you have further questions i can send you a link to get in contact with this person.

    For Silverdogz:
    3 cars built for Canadian market - 2001-2003 BMW 330Ci Coupe (BN53) - NA painted in Electric Red (438) with Black Montana Leather (0551/N6SW) interior. All 3 are manual.

    137 were built for the US market. 57 manual, 80 automatic.

    The most rare option in this car is the option S464A - Ski bag. It was installed on 5,307 out of 25,395 cars.
    Last edited by Xakepok; 11-23-2015 at 09:45 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dworthy View Post
    Can you do that for the whole line? Also I would be curious on the interior colors as well, for most combos had sand or black. I haven't seen too many with red/grey interior.
    This is the reply i got from the person i asked to search for it in database:

    Regarding all Electric Red E46s. Checking every single E46 model would be time consuming. Sorry about that.

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    Okay, I understand. I was actually looking for mine, as it is in my signature.

    The ski bag is part of the cold weather package or ZCP, unless it was bought separately from the option.
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    My 330ci is Japanrot. I've only seen one other in person. 137 seems fairly uncommon.

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    Just a note: thats 137 cars with that particular interior color choice. As im sure there are other Japanrot e46 cars with diffferent int colors.
    Still fairly rare.
    With my car there are only 277 made for Canada in Sapphire black on black nappa leather e66 750 Li Sport. And i have seen probably 3-4 cars personally at most like that.
    While 4985 cars were manufactured for US. So you guys should see it 18 times more often in states than me here in canada
    Last edited by Xakepok; 11-23-2015 at 04:55 PM.

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    I have a Japanrot car. I feel like I should keep the color now lol, I hate it

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    Topaz blue metallic(364) seems pretty rare to me too. I see one every few years in a big city like NY

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    I thought that it was only offered with with either the M3 or the ZHP option. I could be wrong but something I picked up when researching about the ZHP model. I am new to the e46 life and would love to know how rare or not my car is

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    So if mine is manual with the ski bag, how many of those are there?



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    Weird, the worst engine overheat I've ever seen was in a Japanrot sedan. Owner sold it to a buddy of mine in 07/08 with 92k on it after the meltdown for $2500, we ended up throwing a new engine in and he still owns it.

    Go ahead and bite. Plenty for everyone.

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    I own a 2006 M3 Coupe 6 speed JapanRot with Black Nappa interior. They only produced 13 individual color M3 coupes in Japan Red during the 6 year E46 model run. I love the color. They obviously produced other non Ms in that color.

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    At Myrtle Beach.jpg Just throwing this in here: My E46 is Japan Red/Electric Red Convertible with Beige interior.

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