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BMW 635 CSi E24 Art Car Robert Rauschenberg AUTOart 1:18

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BMW 635 CSi E24 Art Car Robert Rauschenberg AUTOart 1:18 80430150924 Diecast
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AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW 635 CSi E24 reproduces Robert Rauschenberg's 1986 BMW Art Car, raced at Le Mans. The zinc-alloy casting has opening doors for closer inspection. This is a new model, though the box shows traces of storage. A genuine centerpiece for a motorsport art or BMW heritage display.
BMW 635 CSi E24 Art Car Robert Rauschenberg AUTOart 1:18
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Brand
BMW
Manufacturer
AUTOart
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
New Model
SKU
80430150924
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About the BMW 635 CSi E24 Art Car Robert Rauschenberg AUTOart 1:18

TL;DR: AUTOart's 1:18 diecast BMW 635 CSi E24 reproduces Robert Rauschenberg's 1986 BMW Art Car, raced at Le Mans, with opening doors for display. This is a new model, though the box shows traces of storage. A genuine centerpiece for collectors tracking BMW's Art Car Collection.

The BMW Art Car Collection remains one of motorsport's more unusual crossovers between art and racing, and Rauschenberg's 1986 635 CSi is a documented entry in that program, raced at Le Mans rather than simply painted for show.

AUTOart's Diecast Approach to a Painted Livery

Reproducing an art car accurately depends on faithful color transitions and layered graphic detail rather than any single dramatic shape, and AUTOart's diecast construction gives the 635 CSi's long, flat body panels the structural rigidity needed to hold that layered artwork cleanly across doors, hood, and roof without visible casting seams disrupting the composition. The doors on this model open, letting a collector display the cockpit and roll cage detail typical of a genuine Le Mans entry rather than a road-going 635. Opening the doors, expect a firm, positive stop rather than a loose swing, consistent with AUTOart's reputation for tighter mechanical tolerances than entry-tier diecast typically offers. The example on offer is new, though its box shows traces of storage, cosmetic wear affecting the packaging rather than the casting itself. The Rauschenberg livery's overlapping photographic-style imagery should read with sharp, clean edges between color fields, since any bleed or misregistration would undercut the entire point of an art car replica.

Rauschenberg and BMW's Art Car Program

BMW's Art Car Collection invited internationally recognized artists to paint actual racing chassis, and Robert Rauschenberg's 1986 635 CSi joined that lineage as a car that genuinely competed at Le Mans rather than serving purely as a static exhibit. That dual identity, functioning race car and gallery-worthy artwork, is precisely what makes the subject unusual within motorsport collecting and why a faithful diecast replica carries appeal beyond typical racing liveries.

Displaying a Motorsport Art Piece

This model works equally well in a BMW heritage collection or a standalone motorsport-art display, where it stands out from conventional sponsor liveries by design. The opening doors add genuine display value here, letting the interior detail support the exterior artwork rather than leaving it hidden, and the used-storage packaging note is worth mentioning to anyone expecting a pristine box on arrival.

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