Art car
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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 car
Icelandic 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 Week
Lamborghini'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 decor
Audi 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 brand
It'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 Tour
Attendees 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 Car
Off 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 Mans
Aston 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 Cars
Racing 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 Reef
The 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: Gallery
You 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 Collection
In 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 Sale
Buying 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 York
Finding 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 Collide
When 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 Knowledge
The 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...
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BMW is celebrating the 40th anniversary since is "international cultural commitment," (whatever that means) and it's doing it in artistic, if somewhat high-tech, fashion, with a "virtual video tour" of its 17 art cars. Documenting the origin, history, and development of the 17 art cars, each adorned with its unique appearance by a famous artist, the video tour offers a closer look at vehicles only rarely seen in person. Occasionally an individual art car will be housed in BMW's Museum in Munich, but this virtual tour allows them all to be seen in one place, at one time. The video itself is...
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Video: Papercraft Audi A7 - Handmade, Not Good In The Rain
The 2011 Audi A7 might be big but it isn't particularly heavy for its size. Weighing in at around 3,900 pounds it's around 300 pounds lighter than its rival the BMW 5-Series GT despite the Quattro drivetrain. You can thank the part aluminum construction for that. Still, it could be lighter. And...
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Tesla Follows BMW’s Lead And Rolls Out Roadster Art Car
If you were thinking this psychedelic paint scheme on this Tesla Roadster looks familiar then you would be thinking straight as the design is very similar to the one on BMW’s own art car revealed back in June. However, the Tesla is the latest creation of artist Laurence Gartel who transformed...
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BMW M3 GT2 Jeff Koons Art Car Makes Le Mans Track Debut
Ever since BMW announced Jeff Koons as the artist for the 35th anniversary BMW art car, the anticipation for its eventual racing debut has been high. This week, the car has done exactly that, with the colorful M3 GT2 taking to the track at the Circuit de la Sarthe for the 78th running of the 24...
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Jeff Koons BMW M3 GT2 Art Car Revealed
The latest addition to BMW's tradition of art cars will make its debut in Paris before racing at Le Mans.
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Artist Jeff Koons Picked For 35th Anniversary BMW Art Car
Internationally acclaimed artist Jeff Koons has been announced as the next in a long line of artists who will be creating a BMW Art Car in what is the 35th anniversary year of the program. Since 1975, artists from around the world have turned BMW cars into art, signifying a particular period...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran