Bmw Miniatures: July 2009

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Nosecone 1:12

Exclusive, handmade 1:12 replica of the nosecone for the BMW Sauber F1 race car. Highly detailed, built using the CAD files from the F1 original. Comes with a certificate of authenticity, mounted on a leather stand. Material: plastic. Length: approx. 30 cm.

Nosecone (1:12)

New price: $ 118,85.

March BMW 792

European Champion Formula 2 (1979) Driver: Marc Surer. Length: approx. 10 cm.

March BMW 792

New price: $ 38,30.

BMW Z4 Coupé Race

Grand première in Geneva 2006: to mark the Automobilsalon event, BMW unveiled a new racing car for customer sports.

BMW Z4 Coupé Race Version

New price: $ 38,30.

The racing sports version of the series-built, impressive BMW Z4 M Coupé is the first twin-seater that BMW Motorsport offered as a kit for customer teams, with 400 HP delivered by a powerful, 3.2-litre series six-cylinder engine. Minichamps GmbH. Length: approx. 20 cm.

2009 BMW Sauber F1 Team

Highly detailed 1:43 replica of the 2009 season BMW Sauber F1 Team race car, with sponsor logos. Zinc die-cast model with plastic parts, wheels turn. Collectors' item, unsuitable for small children. Pictured here is the 2008 race car, which differs from this year's model. Available from October 2009.

2009 BMW Sauber F1 "Nick Heidfeld"

BMW Sauber F1 Race Car Nick Heidfeld miniature

2009 BMW Sauber F1 "Robert Kubica"

New price: $ 39,49.

BMW Benetton B186

Length: approx. 10 cm.

BMW Benetton B186 Formel 1

New price: $ 38,30.

BMW 328 Roadster 1940

Driver: Richter/Briem. Manufacturer: Schuco. Length: approx. 10 cm.

1940 BMW 328 Roadster Mille Miglia miniature

BMW 328 Roadster Mille Miglia 1940

New price: $ 38,30.

BMW 328 Roadster 1938-39

Driver: Schaumburg-Lippe/Lurani. Length: approx. 10 cm.

BMW 328 Roadster Mille Miglia 1938 miniature

BMW 328 Roadster Mille Miglia 1938

Driver: Roese/Heinemann. Length: approx. 10 cm.

BMW 328 Roadster 24h-Le Mans 1939

New price: $ 38,30.

BMW 328 Coupé Mille Miglia

Driver: v. Hanstein/Bäumer. Manufacturer: Schuco. Length: approx. 10 cm.

BMW 328 Coupé Mille Miglia 1940

New price: $ 38,30.

BMW A8 GP Detroit 1985

Driver: Berger. Manufacturer: Minichamps. Length: approx. 10 cm.

Arrows BMW A8 GP Detroit, 1985

New price: $ 38,30.

BMW Z1 1991 A. R. Penck

"I am also interested in exploring technical design", commented Penck when considering the design of the Z1.

BMW Z1, 1991 - A. R. Penck

New price: $ 157,15.

In the artistic design for this Art Car, the painter was inspired by a product which in his opinion was a mark of the creativity of those engineers and designers who were able to evolve particular freedom of imaginative expression in the development of this automobile. In this resoect this Z1 simultaneously lives up to the name Art Car in several senses. Scale 1:18.

BMW M3 GTR Sandro Chia

As a child, Sandro Chia drew graffiti on cars, but it must be said that he has revised his attitude somewhat in the interim period: "The automobile is a sought-after possession in society and all eyes are upon it. People look closely at cars. The one I have painted here reflects their gaze. Like a mirror, it confronts the people who look at it."

BMW M3 GTR - Sandro Chia

New price: $ 157,15.

When he sees a surface he can hear it calling to him "Paint me, paint me!" And this is precisely what happened with this competition car, recalls Sandro Chia as he appends his signature to the latest BMW Art Car, dates it October 9, 1992 and declares his creation complete. Scale 1:18.

BMW M1 Gruppe 4 1979

Warhol explained the sweeping strokes he chose as follows: "I tried to portray speed pictorially.

BMW M1 Gruppe 4, 1979 - Andy Warhol

New price: $ 157,15.

If a car is moving really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred." The first and only time this rolling work of art took part in a race was at the Le Mans 24-hour Race in 1979. It was driven by Manfred Winkelhock (Germany) and the Frenchmen Hervé Poulain and Marcel Mignot. They finished 6th overall and second in their class. Scale of this miniature 1:18.

BMW 3.0 CSL Frank Stella

"My design is like a blueprint that has been transferred to the bodywork", says Frank Stella, artist and passionate fan of car racing, describing the design of his BMW Art Car. In 1976, he converted a BMW 3.0 CSL into a work of art - like all BMW Art Cars, a unique piece of inestimable value. 1:10 scale.

BMW 3.0 CSL - Frank Stella

New price: $ 157,15.

BMW 3.0 CSL Alexander Calder

The BMW with which Alexander Calder initiated the Art Car series in 1975 was one of his last works and it was also to be one of his most interesting: In "defacing" the car, Calder did not orient his art to the streamlining of its body, but subjected it instead to his own artistic style.

BMW 3.0 CSL - Alexander Calder

New price: $ 157,15.

He returned to using powerful colors and attractive curving expanses which he applied generously to the wings, hood and roof. Alexander Calder was also present at the Le Mans 24-hour Race as a guest to witness his work's première. Scale 1:18.

Art Car Roy Lichtenstein

Museum Edition. 1:18 scale.

Art Car Roy Lichtenstein BMW 320i, 1977

New price: $ 157,15.

Art Car Robert Rauschenberg

Museum Edition. Size 1:18.

BMW 635 CSi Art Car Robert Rauschenberg

1986 BMW 635 CSi miniature

1986 BMW 635 CSi

Robert Rauschenberg BMW 635 CSi

New price: $ 157,15.

Art Car Michael J. Nelson

Museum Edition. Size 1:18.

Art Car Michael J. Nelson BMW M3 1989

New price: $ 157,15.

Art Car Matazo Kayama

Museum Edition. Size 1:18. While stocks last.

BMW 535i Art Car Matazo Kayama

New price: $ 157,15.

Art Car Ken Done

Museum Edition. Size 1:18. While stocks last.

1989 Art Car Ken Done

New price: $ 157,15.

BMW 535i 1991

Museum Edition. 1:18 scale.

Art Car Esther Mahlangu BMW 535i, 1991

New price: $ 157,15.

BMW 635 Csi 1982

Museum Edition. 1:18 scale.

The Art Car designed by Ernst Fuchs was painted in 1982, on the occasion of the "Art as Illustration - Illustration as Art" exhibition, and went on show at the BMW Gallery in Munich.

Art Car Ernst Fuchs BMW 635 Csi, 1982

New price: $ 157,15.

The car itself merely served as a surface onto which his own imagination could be projected, without representing a formal restraint. The artist himself supplied this interpretation of the work: "In painting the BMW 635 CSi, I gave expression to various experiences, fears, desires and implorations, but also to free aesthetic artistic creativity. I call this car 'Firefox on Harehunt'. It represents a hare racing across a motorway at night and leaping over a burning car - the primeval fear and bold dream of surmounting a dimension in which we live."

Art Car David Hockney

Museum Edition. Size 1:18.

Art Car David Hockney

New price: $ 157,15.

César Manrique BMW 730i

Museum Edition. Size 1:18.

Art Car César Manrique BMW 730i, 1990

New price: $ 157,15.

Friday, July 3, 2009

BMW 635 CSi

On the BMW 635 CSi collector’s model in miniature format only the size makes the tiny difference. On the 24-hour Spa Francorchamps race in 1986, the BMW team drove the BMW 635 CSi Genuine BMW Parts to victory.

1986 BMW 635 CSi

BMW 635 CSi Exterieur miniature

BMW 635 CSi Exterieur

BMW 635 CSi rear view miniature

BMW 635 CSi rear view

BMW 635 CSi sport car miniature

sport car BMW 635 CSi

New price: $ 85,84.

Opening the doors provides a glimpse of the spartan racing interior. Even the smallest details, such as on the seats, rollbars or fittings were taken into account and translated into miniature. The detail-accurate racing engine can be marvelled at under the opened bonnet. Even the boot has a detail-accurate fuel tank. Other features that characterise this racing miniature include the racing mirrors, sports exhaust and real aluminium rims with sports tyres. Exterieur: Intricate prints of the Schnitzer works team, the sponsors and the drivers’ names Manufacturer: Autoart.

BMW M3 E30 1992

Driver: Martin/Soper/Danner. Size 1:18. Length: approx. 20 cm.

BMW M3 E30 24h Spa-Francorchamps 1992

New price: $ 91,12.

BMW Sauber F1 Race Cars

Highly detailed 1:18 replica of the 2009 season BMW Sauber F1 Team race car, with sponsor logos. Zinc die-cast model with plastic parts, wheels turn, front wheels with steering function. Collectors' item, unsuitable for small children. Pictured here is the 2008 race car, which differs from this year's model. Available from October 2009.