I have an '01 with black and yes, upper and lower dash is black. If you are looking at pics of the seats, they are going to look charcoal. And the center inserts in the seats are a different shade. Here is a recent pic of mine:


Not sure if they had a "charcoal"

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2001 X5 3.0i (PP/WP/AP) Traded at 213K miles
RARE White on Black - Why does everyone get Tan??
First E53 with 215s on XOutpost!!