Might as well get used to saying you're getting a 2002 "///M coupe", since production won't start until (at the earliest) this summer. If BMW follows tradition as in the past, this means that it will be a 2002 model, since they start selling next year's models as early as May. I got my 2000 "///M coupe", built in April '99, on May 12th, 1999. So, it's my presumption that NO one will be getting a 2001 "///Mcoupe". FYI