Artist Jeff Koons with the BMW M3b GT2 Art Car

Historic BMW Art Cars. I'll take the M1 please...

The revered BMW Art Cars are some of the most desirable models around – and 2010 will see a new ‘commission’ by BMW. As reposted in the GDC News page here, BMW have given American artist Jeff Koons a new BMW M3 GT2 to create a piece of moving automotive art.

As the Bavarian company did with the 1977 Roy Lichtenstein 320 Le Mans, BMW chose the Pompidou Centre to ‘exhibit’ this latest Art Car. The 500bhp, V8-engined coupé will be driven by Andy Priaulx (GB), Dirk Müller (DE) and Dirk Werner (DE) at the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours, to be held over the weekend of 12/13 June. It will be joined by another, more traditionally finished works BMW driven by Jörg Müller (DE), Augusto Farfus (BR) and Uwe Alzen (DE).

“These race cars are like life, they are powerful and there is a lot of energy,” said Koons. “You can participate with it, add to it and let yourself ‘transcend with its energy’. There is a lot of power under that hood and I want to let my ideas transcend with the car – it’s really to connect with that power.”

This car will certainly look good at La Sarthe, and Gentleman Drivers Club Members will be able to see this car up close next weekend with our fabulous VIP Club at Le Mans. We’ll post some Le Mans images on the Gallery page as soon as we can.

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