Perhaps more so than any other vehicle manufacturer, the Bugatti brand was rooted in the world of art and design. In addition to the automobiles of Ettore and his son Jean, the Bugatti family…
While the 964-based 911 Carrera RSR is remembered as perhaps Porsche’s best known customer GT racing car from the early-to-mid 1990s, the firm also produced a small batch of turbocharged…
Having commissioned the first two instalments of its burgeoning Art Car theme in time for the 1975 and ‘76 Le Mans 24 Hour races, BMW went on to order a third machine that would appear at the…
As the most successful F1 driver on the grid with 17 victories and two Drivers’ titles, Niki Lauda would already have been among the favourites to walk away with the 1979 Procar Championship.
How much could one man love the Transformers? This much: an extraordinary Art Car commissioned from Bugatti as an homage to the kid’s TV show and movie franchise. Based on a…
Having revived the Speedster moniker in 1988 after a near three decade gap with a fast-selling run of cars based on the outgoing 3.2-litre 911 Carrera, Porsche revisited the theme with a 964 variant…
COB6107 was one of 25 Cobra Mk3s built with the 289 engine for the British and European market. As Ford had acquired the Cobra trademark, these cars were marketed as AC 289 Sports. In addition to…
After the success of BMW’s first Art Car, an E9 CSL painted by Alexander Calder which garnered a huge amount of publicity at the 1975 Le Mans 24 Hours, the Munich firm commissioned a second…
Chassis 4301021 was the M1 Procar supplied to professional Austrian racing driver, Dieter Quester. Having started his career with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta in 1961, Quester raced a variety of Porsches…
In October 1966 Dandie Fashions opened its new store at 161 King’s Road in Chelsea having moved from a temporary location in South Kensington at 56 Queen’s Gate Mews. The company…
Three years since BMW had last commissioned an Art Car, executives at the company ordered two new creations from a pair of Australian painters: Michael Jagamara Nelson and Ken Done.
Having witnessed the potential of Luigi Chinetti’s NART-prepared 365-based BB racing cars, one of which had finished sixth at the 1975 Sebring 12 Hours, Ferrari sanctioned the creation of three lightly…
After three consecutive years of BMW Art Car appearances at the Le Mans 24 Hours (1975, ‘76 and ‘77), a two year gap followed prior to the arrival of a fourth instalment of the theme. Despite the…
Between 1989 and 1991, BMW commissioned six brand new art cars (two every year). Prior to this flurry of activity, just six works had been created since 1975. The ninth art car came along in 1990…
Among the many Veyron special editions created by Bugatti, of particular note were a pair of spectacular Art Cars based on the Grand Sport platform. The Grand Sport was a targa-topped…
Chassis 4301036 was one of the M1 Procars reserved for use by the official BMW Motorsport team in 1979. It first appeared at Hockenheim (round five) in the hands of promising German, Hans-Georg…
After BMW commissioned just two Art Cars between 1980 and 1988, a glut of seven arrived between 1989 and 1992. The last of these seven cars and the only example produced in 1992 was the work of…
Chassis 160371 was a Porsche 356 C built in 1964 and configured with Cabriolet coachwork by Karosserie Reutter. The car was ordered with the ultimate (non Carrera) ‘SC’ engine, Dolphin Grey…
Although there was little doubt that, with the formidable 917, Porsche had the fastest Sports Prototype of its era, a performance gulf existed between the crushingly effective short-tailed 917 K…
Jens Lucking grew up in a small German town halfway between Berlin and Amsterdam. He started out with an inexpensive Agfamatic given to him as a tenth birthday gift by his…
BMW’s first Art Car came about in 1975 as a result of a suggestion from French fine art auctioneer and amateur racing driver, Herve Poulain. That first collaboration, an E9 CSL painted by Alexander…
The idea for BMW’s now legendary line of Art Cars originally came from outside the company; it was young French auctioneer, Herve Poulain, that suggested the concept as a means of combining his…
BMW’s fifth Art Car was the first to be based on a production model and also the first to be painted by a European artist. The blank canvas supplied to Austrian painter and sculptor, Ernst Fuchs, was a…
Chassis 1121130 was a second series Countach LP400 S. Compared to the series one, this latest iteration had new concave wheels. 105 were built. Configured in a menacing Black / Black colour…
BMW’s 14th Art Car was the work of David Hockney. Considered among the most influential artists of the 20th century, Hockney was an important contributor to the expressionist and pop art…
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