Chris:

Your M3 is not a mutant. Daytona Violet was a regular M3 color in 94-95 production. It was replaced by Techno Violet in 95-96, I believe in the 3.2 changeover. Forged wheels became available early in the model year, likely 6/94 or so. These were not chromed or polished, but were painted with the same embossed Motorsport logo as the stock 10-spokes, only 7.5 and 8.5 inches wide. They came with the same size tires as the 10-spokes (235/40-17). Sounds like the roundels and chrome wheels are aftermarket or dealer installed, as were the stripes.

OBC was not available on early production cars, nor was the Lux package. I have a 2/94 production Daytona Violet ///M3, #00016, and I saw #00017 _at_ Dinan in May, also DV.

Are there any other early production cars out there? The running changes to the M are amazing. Tilt wheels disappeared early on, and the OBC appeared about the same time. The M3 brochure changed about 4 times during the model year, but looked the same.

New changes for '98: side bags; rear headrests (on shelf); no Lux pkg; no Byzanz paint, but no new colors so far; Power M seats an option on coupe

( the Msport seats were powered in the M-tech 325iS of 94, and early factory M3 literature mentioned powered seats- I think BMWNA left them out to keep the price down); Slushmatic only available on the 4dr; and evidently you can get the Msport seats in the 2dr in Mulberry or Magma starting 11/97 prod.

Any other /// 000 cars out there, please email me or the digest. TIA
Lee
95 ///M3
95 iC