Best Paint Colour for BMW 760i — Aventurine Red or Black?

After a few one-off initiatives, the two-tone colours are now a standard feature on the new BMW 7 Series, like for instance, this BMW 760i. At Plant Dingolfing, BMW established a unique process for the two-tone paintwork. BMW offers a variety of two-tone colour schemes, including Tanzanite Blue with black and the stunning Cashmere Silver Metallic/Aventurine Red Metallic. Choose from a couple of bottoms half colours, and either Oxide Gray or Black Sapphire for the top half.

We used this specific BMW 760i during the international media premiere in Palm Springs; it is painted in the colours Cashmere Silver and Aventurine Red. The 760i is equipped with the Extended Shadowline Package and the M Sport Package, which add many black elements. The 760i’s interior boasts luxurious cashmere wool for the seat surfaces, a first for a BMW.

The lead times for a standard finish are less than ten hours, but the two-tone paints extend the time required by a few hours. The primary colour is initially applied in large-scale, standardised production processes that are fully automated. The cars are then “side-tracked” into a bespoke process. Their body is physically masked, and the coach lines and contrasting colours are manually painted on the side. The standard automated procedure involves applying another clear coat to the entire body after finishing the two-tone bespoke process.

The 760i is currently the only V8-powered 2023 7 Series model offered by BMW. This 544-hp version won’t be available in Europe. Since the M760e has distinct finishers and a slightly different appearance, those quad exhaust tips are unique to the 760i. The 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 engine of the 760i is only available with xDrive. It takes 4.2 seconds to accelerate from a complete stop to 62 mph with adequate 750 Nm torque.