Art car
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BMW's tradition of art cars continues with a creation by New York artist Julie Mehretu.
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Naked BMW M Hybrid previews future art car in bare carbonBMW's next art car will be entered in the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Lamborghini reveals Huracán STO art car featuring cyberpunk styleLamborghini teamed up with a Japanese artist to create a supercar that will appeal to fans of cyberpunk.
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Last V-12 Lamborghini coupe sans electrification is up for auctionLamborghini is offering up its final Aventador Ultimae coupe together with an NFT developed with artists Steve Aoki and Krista Kim.
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Porsche imagines a modern 968 with art car projectPorsche marked the 30th anniversary of the launch of the 968 by imagining the car for the modern era.
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BMW's Art Cars go digitalYou can now get a real-life impression of BMW's famous Art Cars through an app.
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BMW and Futura 2000, real name Leonard Hilton McGurr, have collaborated on an M2 special edition due to go on sale in June.
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Katrin Fridriks puts a flowing touch on a Bentley Continental GT art carIcelandic artist Katrin Fridriks applied a subtle, flowing paint scheme to a Bentley Continental GT to create a one-of-a-kind art car.
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Original Lamborghini art car bows at Monterey Car WeekLamborghini's art car could portend a new level of personalization from the raging bull.
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Disintegrating Audi R8 artwork is our kind of decorAudi commissioned artist Fabian Oefner to create a "disintegrating" portrait of the Audi R8 in celebration of the car's V-10 engine.
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Lexus LFA art car celebrates 10 years of F performance brandIt's been 10 years since Lexus adopted the letter "F" to designate the brand's most performance-oriented models, and to celebrate, a special LFA will be unveiled this weekend at Belgium's 24 Hours of Spa. The Lexus LFA art car, with a livery designed by Portuguese artist Pedro Henriques, also...
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Abt Sportsline readies Audi R8 art car for 2018 Wörthersee TourAttendees of this year's Wörthersee Tour tuning fest in Austria will be treated to the unveiling of an Audi R8 art car crafted by top tuner Abt Sportsline. Responsible for the design is cartoonist Timo Würz, who went with the theme “Nun meets Abt,” with Abt in this case being...
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It was in 1975 that French racer and art lover Hervé Poulain in collaboration with BMW’s motorsport boss at the time, Jochen Neerpasch, asked artist Alexander Calder to design the livery for a race car. The result was a colorful BMW 3.0 CSL, which in 1975 raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and became an instant favorite with the spectators. From there the tradition of the BMW Art Car was born. Since then, 16 additional BMW Art Cars have been unveiled, with the most recent being the Jeff Koons BMW M3 GT2 unveiled in 2010. Now BMW is ready to add two more to that list, both based on...
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New M6 GT3 Racer To Serve As Basis For Latest BMW Art CarOff and on since 1975, BMW has seen one of its race cars turned into an art car. It all started when French racing driver Hervé Poulain turned to his artist friend Alexander Calder for a new design on a car. The resulting BMW 3.0 CSL became an instant hit when it zipped around the Circuit De...
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Aston Martin Art Car To Compete In This Weekend’s 2015 24 Hours Of Le MansAston Martin has revealed a special new livery for the number 97 Vantage GTE race car that will be competing in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the 2015 World Endurance Championship. Designed by artist Tobias Rahberger, it uses various optical effects to make the...
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BMW Takes Show On The Road To Celebrate 40 Years Of Art CarsRacing livery is an art in itself. And there have always been folks—like hippies—who've been prone to give their cars wild paint schemes, but the idea of the proper "art car" began with BMW. MUST WATCH: Audi RS 6 Driver Runs Red Light, Gets Smacked By Tram: Video Nearly four decades...
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Artist Turns 1983 Camaro Z/28 Into Non-Functional Hippy Coral ReefThe topography of the automotive art world is as varied as Malibu's famous canyon roads—lots of highs and lots of lows. The pinnacle is populated by greats like Jeff Koons and Andy Warhol—both did fantastic work with BMW—and the nadir by execrable carnival barkers like the pompous...
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Duaiv & Lamborghini Of Miami Team Up For Aventador Roadster Art Car: GalleryYou may not know who French musician and painter Duaiv is, but you will certainly remember him now. Armed with fierce creativity and unique vision Duaiv has created one of the most striking art cars in recent memory, using the Lamborghini Aventador Roadster as his canvas. ALSO SEE: Lamborghini...
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BMW will commemorate its Art Car collection with a new book.
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ART DRIVE! Highlights The BMW Art Car CollectionIn 1975, French racer and auctioneer Herve Poulain asked artist Alexander Calder, a personal friend, to design a motif for an “already perfect object.” Calder worked his magic on a 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL, later entered in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the seeds of the BMW Art Car project were...
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Jeff Koons BMW M3 GT2 Art Car Scale Models Up For SaleBuying one of BMW’s official Art Cars is near impossible as most of them have been retained by the automaker for its own museum. However, the sale of a BMW Art Car to Joe Public isn’t without precedent; you may recall that the 1979 BMW M1 Art Car was recently sold to Jonathan Sobel...
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1979 BMW M1 Art Car Acquired By BMW Dealer, Staying In New YorkFinding an original BMW M1 up for sale is already next-to-impossible, though there are some around as we’ve seen in the past. But just imagine how rare it would be to come across the actual 1979 BMW M1 Art Car on the selling block. Well, the Guggenheim Museum in New York sold an original 1979...
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In Next-Gen Art Cars, Fashion & Obsession CollideWhen you think of art cars, you probably think of BMW rides commissioned from visionaries like Andy Warhol and Jenny Holzer. Or maybe you think of homegrown models, bedecked with plastic army figurines and Mardi Gras beads. But photographer Luis Gispert has found another variety of art car -- one...
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2012 FIAT 500 Apple iPad App Is A Source Of All KnowledgeThe 2012 FIAT 500 is one of the most distinctive cars on the road. The car has been on sale in Europe for a few years now and they're already everywhere, and early impressions are good in America too. If you've seen a few on the road and want to know more, what better way than "FIAT Source"? It's a...
Antony Ingram