Art car

BMW and Futura 2000, real name Leonard Hilton McGurr, have collaborated on an M2 special edition due to go on sale in June.

Icelandic artist Katrin Fridriks applied a subtle, flowing paint scheme to a Bentley Continental GT to create a one-of-a-kind art car.

Lamborghini's art car could portend a new level of personalization from the raging bull.

Audi commissioned artist Fabian Oefner to create a "disintegrating" portrait of the Audi R8 in celebration of the car's V-10 engine.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

BMW will commemorate its Art Car collection with a new book.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The latest addition to BMW's tradition of art cars will make its debut in Paris before racing at Le Mans.