{"id":85462,"date":"2026-05-06T10:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85462"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:52:24","slug":"bmw-ix3-configurator-colors-paint-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=85462","title":{"rendered":"BMW iX3 Configurator Goes Live With Some Surprisingly Good Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BMW iX3 is starting to feel a lot more real. The online configurator is now live, and BMW\u2019s first Neue Klasse SUV is no longer just a concept-adjacent preview or carefully staged press car \u2014 it\u2019s something shoppers can actually start building. And as usual, the paint menu says more than you might expect. Colors can dramatically change how a new design lands, especially one as important as the iX3. So, now that we can see the full palette in one place, it\u2019s time to sort through the good, the safe, and the spendy.<\/p>\n

iX3 Paint Options Breakdown<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s start with the most interesting colors available: the reds, blues, and what-have-yous. All metallic paints cost $650, which has been the standard rate at BMW for a few years now. Vegas Red metallic is the only red available, and we\u2019ve already had a good look at it in real images<\/a> back in November. The color to the right of that in the graphic is called Polarized Gray Metallic, but it\u2019s unlikely to be very polarizing. The deep shade seems to have metallic flakes of red and pink in it, kind of like a less-gold Bernina Gray Amber Effect. We\u2019ve seen Polarized Grey on the iX3<\/a> in the flesh, too. It looks great. Rounding out our first graphic above is Ocean Wave Blue Metallic, which we\u2019ve seen several times and indeed served as the launch color for the Neue Klasse SUV<\/a>. Eucalyptus Green Metallic rounds out the stable, and we\u2019ve seen real photos<\/a> of that color, too.<\/p>\n

\"IX3<\/a><\/p>\n

On the more traditional half of the colors scale \u2014 black, white and greys \u2014 Alpine White kicks things off on the iX3 configurator. It\u2019s a no-charge color as it has been for years. BMW gave us a great look at this shade already just a week after the iX3\u2019s debut, complete with the M Sport Package<\/a>. From here, though, it\u2019s all paid upgrades. Black Sapphire Metallic is the model\u2019s sole black offering \u2014 no Jet Black here. It looks like a safe bet, but I can\u2019t help feeling that the iX3\u2019s color palette offers some better picks. The car\u2019s U.S. debut showcased Black Sapphire. Bottom left of the graphic is Brooklyn Grey Metallic, a newer but now very familiar shade to the BMW palette. It\u2019s appeared on everything from the M4 to X7 and everything in between. We\u2019ve also had a good look at it before with an interesting two-tone leather interior.<\/p>\n

There is one more color, which we\u2019ll show below. Frozen Space Silver Metallic is a matte version of Space Silver. It looks pretty good, and we outfitted it with 22-inch wheels for the full effect below. However, it does cost $3,600, so bring your wallet if you want the exclusive Frozen paint.<\/p>\n

\"iX3<\/a><\/p>\n

The nice thing about the iX3? There doesn\u2019t seem to be a bad paint choice. Frozen Silver is a look, but it\u2019s still a far cry from ugly. Aesthetically, the iX3 sets a pretty high bar for the rest of the Neue Klasse vehicles. It\u2019s a handsome looking SUV that screams \u201cBMW,\u201d albeit in a much more modern fashion than we\u2019re used to. A catalog of enticing colors \u2014 which is sure to grow as the model ages \u2014 is just another checkmark alongside a growing list of things BMW is doing right with the Neue Klasse and even the iX3 specifically. What color is your favorite?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The BMW iX3 is starting to feel a lot more real. The online configurator is now live, and BMW\u2019s first Neue Klasse SUV is no longer just a concept-adjacent preview or carefully staged press car \u2014 it\u2019s something shoppers can actually start building. And as usual, the paint menu says more than you might expect. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}