You can also now change the background and the lighting of the virtual environment in which your digital XM is configured.
BMW has finally updated its Individual Visualizer with all the colors available for the XM. The original BMW XM configurator went live on October 2022, and it's pretty underwhelming. Only seven exterior hues are available as standard, and because it's a high-end halo car, not many options or packages can be added.
The new Visualizer finally gives us a chance to see all the available color options for the XM and, more importantly, to see if there's a shade that makes the oddest M car ever more palatable. Unfortunately, the recently unveiled XM Label Red is not live on the configurator yet. Perhaps this will get even more options, or perhaps the existing selection is what will be offered to the range-topper too.
Regardless, there are plenty of choices - 54 in total.
The new Visualizer is a big step up from the previous version. It allows customers to download high-resolution images and detailed MP4 videos of the car they built, and the virtual environment and its lighting can be customized too. Builds can also be saved and shared on Twitter, although Instagram seems like a better place to do this.
The color palette is made up of a total of 54 finishes, four of which are Frozen, three of which are Pearl Effect, and 10 of which are non-metallic. Eight of those non-metallic hues are Uni finish colors, which means they are effectively blocky, singular colors with little depth. Besides these 10, all the other colors come in a luscious, rich, Metallic finish.
Matte options are limited to Frozen Brilliant White Metallic, Frozen Marina Bay Blue Metallic, Frozen Tulum Blue Metallic, and Frozen Black Metallic. Non-metallic hues include Sepia II, Malachite Green II, Black-Blue Uni, Gentian Blue Uni, Santorini Blue II Uni, Nardo Gray Uni, Chalk Uni, Urban Green II Uni, British Racing Green Uni, and Signal Green Uni.
BMW used Signal Green as the launch color for the striking 2024 M3 CS, but the special Frozen Brooklyn Grey Metallic used to launch the M4 CSL is considerately kept exclusive to that car. Isle of Man Green is also absent, but Oxford Green is a suitable replacement. Java Green is also worth a look, but if you like orange, there's only one choice, albeit a lovely one: Sakhir Orange III Metallic.
We've included the full list below, but we urge you to try out the configurator. Although not 100% realistic, it gives one a great idea of what these colors look like from different angles and in different lighting. Do any of them make the XM attractive? You tell us.
2024 BMW XM Individual color options, with parenthesized color code, in Visualizer order:
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Audi
Bentley
BMW
Bollinger
BrightDrop
Bugatti
Buick
Cadillac
Caterham
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Dodge
Ferrari
Fiat
Fisker
Ford
Genesis
GMC
Gordon Murray Automotive
Hennessey
Honda
Hyundai
Infiniti
Jaguar
Jeep
Karma
Kia
Koenigsegg
Lamborghini
Land Rover
Lexus
Lincoln
Lordstown
Lotus
Lucid Motors
Maserati
Mazda
McLaren
Mercedes-Benz
Mini
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Pagani
Polestar
Porsche
Ram
Rimac
Rivian
Rolls-Royce
Spyker
Subaru
Tesla
Toyota
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Volkswagen
Volvo
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