Thanks & I think you're right the carbon black would go excellently with the Saddle Brown - decision made!!!

How come you guys don't have Saddle Brown as an option? Has Bmw provided a reason for this?

(now to try and translate the german price list to decipher the rest of the options for the 08 SD and see how much I'm going to rack up on the car - with UK pricing being so damn dear compared to the rest of Europe and the US I don't expect to walk away with any change from GBP 65k.)