Originally Posted by godeacs06

We have the color choice now. My dad just took delivery on his 2006 4.4 in Carbon Black. All the "M" colors are unlocked for the final build-out year of this generation of X5s. Your salesman might conveniently forget to mention these colors are available now.

I must say, my dad has had several black cars by several different manufacturers, and Carbon Black is by far the coolest variation of a metallic Black on a car that I have ever seen. When its kept clean its such a slick-looking paint.