{"id":84653,"date":"2026-01-17T03:53:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84653"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:53:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:53:33","slug":"original-bmw-art-car-visits-paris-special-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=84653","title":{"rendered":"The Original BMW Art Car Visits Paris For Special Display"},"content":{"rendered":"

As if you needed more reasons to visit Paris, BMW has a real treat in store for Art Car fans. The iconic vehicle that kicked off the long-running series back in 1975 is taking center stage at the H\u00f4tel de la Marine, a historic building on the Place de la Concorde. You have until January 26 to admire Alexander Calder\u2019s 3.0 CSL in the hotel\u2019s courtyard, which is open daily from 8 AM until midnight.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re planning a trip to France\u2019s capital a few days later, R\u00e9tromobile is the go-to event for classic car aficionados. This year, it\u2019s bringing together all seven BMW Art Cars that raced at Le Mans. That lineup includes not only Alexander Calder\u2019s CSL but also Frank Stella\u2019s version, which competed in 1976. A year later, Roy Lichtenstein\u2019s 320i Turbo<\/a> took on the legendary Circuit de la Sarthe, and it too will be on display at the show held in the City of Lights.<\/p>\n

\"1975<\/a><\/p>\n

In chronological order, the four remaining BMW Art Cars are Andy Warhol\u2019s M1<\/a> (1979), Jenny Holzer\u2019s V12 LMR (1999), Jeff Koons\u2019 M3 GT2 (2010), and Julie Mehretu\u2019s M Hybrid V8 (2024). It\u2019s also worth noting that 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of R\u00e9tromobile, typically the first major classic car show of the season.<\/p>\n

The original Art Car at the H\u00f4tel de la Marine, along with six more vehicles at R\u00e9tromobile at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, allows BMW to continue celebrations that began in 2025, when the Art Car collection<\/a> turned 50. In total, there are 20 rolling works of art, and we\u2019re hoping the day will come when all of them are displayed in one place.<\/p>\n

That said, it\u2019s easy to understand what a massive logistical undertaking that would be, as even bringing a third of the collection to R\u00e9tromobile<\/a> must have been a challenge. It makes perfect sense for BMW to showcase these race cars in France, given that the Art Car initiative was started by local racing driver Herv\u00e9 Poulain. He was the one to approach BMW in the first place. The rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As if you needed more reasons to visit Paris, BMW has a real treat in store for Art Car fans. The iconic vehicle that kicked off the long-running series back in 1975 is taking center stage at the H\u00f4tel de la Marine, a historic building on the Place de la Concorde. You have until January […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/84654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}