BMW's Fan-Voted Special Editions Headed Exclusively to South Korea

Daily Car

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17/12/2025

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BMW has revealed a set of one off M cars that were chosen by an online vote, but buyers who live outside South Korea will not be able to order them because the cars will be sold only in that country. The project began as a “Create Your Own BMW Edition” contest that let fans pick the colours and equipment they wanted.

Key points

BMW will build a small number of M5, M2, X5 and X3 models that follow the designs chosen by voters.
Every one of those cars will be offered only in South Korea.
The M5 appears in Fire Orange paint plus carries high end extras.
The list also contains two M2 Coupes, one in Voodoo Blue and one in Frozen Portimao Blue.

The Fire Orange M5

The voters’ clear favourite is an M5 painted in vivid Fire Orange. BMW will build exactly five of those saloons, each priced at about $127 000. The orange colour has earlier appeared on the M3 GTS and on the US-market M3 Lime Rock Park Edition. Each South Korean M5 will carry a Bowers & Wilkins sound system, carbon ceramic brakes, the M Driver Package besides Kyalami Orange interior trim that matches the body.

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Two special M2 Coupes

South Korean voters also chose two M2 Coupes for limited production. One car will wear Voodoo Blue paint - the other will use the matte Frozen Portimao Blue finish. BMW will assemble five Frozen Portimao Blue cars but also ten Voodoo Blue cars. Both versions gain 19-inch front wheels and 20-inch rear wheels, a carbon fibre front lip, carbon mirror caps, M carbon bucket seats, an Alcantara steering wheel and carbon cabin trim. The Frozen Portimao Blue model starts at roughly $70 500; the Voodoo Blue car costs about $69 300 because it keeps standard metallic paint.

Subtler SUV versions

The final voter picks are quieter. An X5 xDrive40i M Sport will come in Dravit Grey and an X3 20 xDrive will use Dune Grey. Each SUV variant will stop at 30 units - the main change is the exclusive paint, not extra body add ons.

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