The future camouflaged in the past
Ahead of the testing phase for BMW’s new prototype for the 2023 IMSA Sports Car Championship series in the US, BMW M Motorsport has unveiled the car in this fantastic camouflage livery. The BMW M Hybrid V8…
BMW x Jeff Koons
In an exclusive edition of only 99 automobiles, a strictly limited number of the M850i xDrive Gran Coupé were created by Jeff Koons and BMW during several years of close collaboration. With THE 8 X JEFF KOONS…
Super Touring Pioneer
A marque woven into the very fabric of touring car racing is BMW. From the Capri-killing 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’ to the legendary box-arched E30 M3, which remains German marque’s most successful…
Superstars of the Seventies
As part of Ecurie’s expanding range of art prints, we have decided to pay homage to some of the all time great touring car racers to have graced the world’s racing circuits. We start with some of Germany’s finest…
Frank Stella's 'Polar Coordinates' BMW M1
Commissioned in 1979, the Frank Stella BMW M1 Procar was painted to Stella’s “Polar Coordinates” design and created for his close friend and racing driver, Peter Gregg. This was the only time that a BMW…
Twice as nice
The Calder Foundation and BMW have unveiled the Calder BMW Art Car (Artist’s Proof), which is set to be displayed at the ‘Alexander Calder: Minimal / Maximal’ exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin…
Blue, purple and red: BMW Motorsport
BMW Motorsport was founded in 1972 as a business unit for the sporty products of the BMW brand. It wasn't until 1993 that it became BMW M. The newly created sports car division was meant to combine…
BMW's Art Cars
The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racing driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas on a racing car. In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist…
BMW's game-changing troublemaker
The 2002 Turbo was launched at the 1973 Frankfurt Motor Show. At it’s launch not everyone gave it a warm reception. Its bolt-on wings, bumper-less front spoiler and iconic BMW Motorsport colours were…
BMW's graphic cover-up
BMW has given us a first look at their new M4 Coupe and M4 GT3 albeit in a graphic camouflage design that wouldn’t look out of place among their Art Car collection. Unveiled at the Red Bull Ring last month…
The Ultimate Driving Machine
The BMW M1 holds a special fascination for supercar and BMW enthusiasts alike, being the first of the celebrated M models as well as the Bavarian company’s first mid-engine supercar. The M1 was born from…
BMW's Batmobile
Introduced in 1972, the BMW 3.0 CSL was a homologation special built to make the car eligible for racing in the European Touring Car Championship. The 'L' in the designation meant leicht (light). The lightness was…
M3, or not to be
Next year marks the 35th anniversary of a motoring icon, one which revolutionised the mid-size sports car segment when its production started back in 1986. The very first BMW M3 set a new standard by which…
BMW reinvent their iconic badge
BMW has redesigned its iconic logo, for the first time in more than twenty years. First seen on the i4 Concept which was unveiled last week, the Bavarian car maker has replaced the black ring surrounding…
BMW x Futura 2000
In this collaboration, FUTURA 2000, who is known for his mastery of colour, concentric forms, and kinetic composition, has created three exclusive and unique versions of the BMW M2 Competition in his…
A unique piece of BMW history
This is a rather unique piece of BMW history in that it’s the only BMW-Glas 3000 V8 bodied as a fastback coupé in existance. Styled by Carrozzeria Frua this car features low-slung coachwork that was both sleek…
The BMW 530 MLE returns home
When BMW South Africa wanted to go racing in the mid-1970s, the company sought out famous racing driver and Head of BMW Motorsport Jochen Neerpasch. Shortly thereafter, two of the first generation BMW…
Andy Warhol's BMW Art Car
“I love this car. It’s more successful than the artwork,” was the opinion of Andy Warhol after his sweeping brush strokes had transformed the BMW M1. It took him less than half an hour to create the fourth exhibit…