Immensely diverse in style, the extraordinary BMW Art Car Collection of eye-catching "rolling masterpieces" currently comprises of 19 vehicles, all transformed by leading artists from around the world, such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.

Springing from the world of motor sport, idea for such a collection came from the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to combine worlds of car racing and contemporary art by inviting artists to create a canvas on an automobile.

For the project, BMW commissions artists of different nationalities and different styles giving them complete artistic freedom in creating their rolling, drivable works of art. The first automobile, which entered the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race, was designed in 1975.

After almost forty years of success, the collection is still continually being expanded with new and striking pieces of an extremely high artistic level.