Artistic trio, Andy Warhol, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein have made BMW cars their canvas and turned cars into art cars. These vivid and vibrant vehicles will on display at inner city car park in London where visitors will get to experience car exteriors of a different kind. Each of these masterpieces is unique in a way that sets them apart in color, design and artistry.
BMW will be taking this collection of art cars to NCP in Shoreditch East London to be put on display. A major attraction at the show will be a BMW M1 model painted by Andy Warhol in 1977 in a matter of 23 minutes. This vehicle went on to participate in 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1979 where it finished second in its class and sixth overall. These cars when on auction fetch over £40 million.
To date a total of 17 BMW Art Cars have been created. Each of these is based either on racing or regular production vehicles. The most recent of the lot is an Art Car created by Jeff Koons in 2010 with an M3 GT2. This vehicle also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but unfortunately did not finish the race.
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