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BMW M3 E46 GTR #42 J. Lehto / J. Muller ELMS 2001 Minichamps 1:18

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BMW M3 E46 GTR #42 J. Lehto / J. Muller ELMS 2001 Minichamps 1:18 100012192 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW M3 E46 GTR reproduces the #42 car J.J. Lehto and J. Muller shared in the 2001 European Le Mans Series, taking the dominant V8-powered GT racer's story across the Atlantic. Widened bodywork and printed sponsor livery are rendered in diecast detail.
BMW M3 E46 GTR #42 J. Lehto / J. Muller ELMS 2001 Minichamps 1:18
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Brand
BMW
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
100012192
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About the BMW M3 E46 GTR #42 J. Lehto / J. Muller ELMS 2001 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces the #42 BMW M3 E46 GTR that J.J. Lehto and J. Muller shared in the 2001 European Le Mans Series. The V8-powered racer's widened arches and sponsor livery are captured in diecast detail, a European counterpart to the car's better-known ALMS dominance.

While BMW's GTR became famous through its ALMS dominance in America, the same car campaigned in Europe simultaneously, and this Lehto and Muller entry represents that less-documented side of the GTR's single, remarkable season.

The GTR's Parallel European Campaign

BMW's 2001 M3 GTR program ran across multiple continents in the same season, and its European Le Mans Series entries carried the same V8 architecture that made the car so dominant in America. Lehto brought genuine sports car pedigree to the seat, having already built a reputation across touring cars and endurance racing before this GTR campaign, paired with Muller in a driver lineup built for consistency over a full season rather than a single headline result. Because BMW built only a handful of homologation street cars afterward, every GTR racing livery from this brief but decisive campaign represents a genuinely limited chapter in the marque's motorsport history.

Minichamps' Diecast Rendering of the Lehto Muller Entry

This #42 livery carries its own sponsor graphics distinct from the American-campaign cars, and Minichamps' 1:18 diecast keeps that printing sharp against the GTR's widened, purpose-built bodywork. The flared arches and rear wing are tooled to the same standard applied across the manufacturer's GTR range, with panel gaps held tight around the wider racing track this V8 conversion demanded. At roughly 19cm, it sits well alongside the ALMS-liveried GTRs from the same season, letting a collector assemble the full geographic spread of BMW's brief, dominant 2001 GT campaign on one shelf.

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