"Celebrating fifty years of the Art Car, two of BMW's 'rolling sculptures' arrive to the coastal links of the famed Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The annual event, a beauty pageant for cars, marks the finale of Monterey Car Week and draws the most extravagant vehicles from across the world. This year's concours was held on August 17th, and over two hundred cars were shown."
"Two months later, we again encountered the Warhol car arrived to southern Sweden for the Aurora Scandinavian Concours in late June, where it was joined by three other historic BMW Art Cars: Alexander Calder's 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL, the first in the series; Roy Lichtenstein's 1977 BMW 320i, which renders an abstraction of passing scenery; and Jeff Koons' 2010 BMW M3 GT2, spotted with the artist's graphic Pop Art motifs."
Two landmark BMW Art Cars — Andy Warhol's 1979 BMW M1 Group 4 and Julie Mehretu's 2024 BMW M Hybrid V8 — were presented at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance during Monterey Car Week. The concours drew over two hundred vehicles and enthusiastic spectators along the coastal links. Spectators cited the BMW Art Cars as an overwhelming highlight, with auction-value estimates ranging from $60 million to $200 million. The Warhol Art Car began a North American leg of a World Tour after showings in Dubai and Sweden. The Warhol car later appeared at the Aurora Scandinavian Concours alongside other historic Art Cars by Calder, Lichtenstein, and Koons.
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