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The BMW Craftsmanship Auto Undertaking was presented by the French racecar driver and salesperson Hervé Poulain, who needed to welcome a craftsman to make a canvas on a car. 

In 1975, Poulain appointed American craftsman and companion Alexander Calder to paint the main BMW Workmanship Auto. This first illustration would be a BMW 3.0 CSL which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 Le Keeps an eye on perseverance race. 

Since Calder's gem, numerous other eminent craftsmen all through the world have made BMW Craftsmanship Autos, including David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Straight to the point Stella, and Andy Warhol. To date, an aggregate of 17 BMW Craftsmanship Autos, in view of both dashing and consistent generation vehicles, have been made. Forthcoming Stella likewise made one informal workmanship auto at the command of race auto driver Diminish Gregg. The latest craftsman to the join BMW Workmanship Auto project is Jeff Koons in 2010 with his M3 GT2, which contended in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Keeps an eye on however did not wrap up. Specialists for the BMW Craftsmanship Auto Undertaking are picked by a board of universal judges. 

As indicated by Thomas Girst, who has been accountable for the BMW Craftsmanship Autos venture subsequent to 2004, the motivation behind the task has changed after some time: "before all else the autos were dashed. There wasn't quite a bit of an advertising exertion around them... From that point forward, a portion of the Craftsmanship Autos have been utilized as a part of notices to demonstrate that BMW is a player in expressions of the human experience. With the Eliason work, part of what we are doing is bringing issues to light of option and renewable vitality sources." 

In 2009, the Craftsmanship Autos started a North American visit, beginning at the Los Angeles District Historical center of Workmanship from February 12–24. The second stop was in New York City from Walk 24 - April 6 at Great Focal Terminal - Vanderbilt Corridor. The Autos were displayed in México, first in MARCO, Monterrey, and later in Guadalajara and Mexico City. In July 2012 a choice of the autos were introduced by the Foundation of Contemporary Expressions in a Shoreditch auto park as a major aspect of the London 2012 Celebration, entitled Craftsmanship Drive!. 

Somewhere around 2003 and 2005, BMW discharged the initial 15 Craftsmanship Autos (at the time, this enveloped the whole arrangement) as 1:18 scale smaller than expected diecast vehicles, fabricated by Minichamps. The initial two to be discharged were Alexander Calder's BMW 3.0 CSL and Jenny Holzer's BMW V12 LMR. The Workmanship Autos were sold through BMW Vehicles Dealerships, select Exhibition hall shops, and in addition specifically from BMW. At first 3000 duplicates were to be delivered with a MSRP of $125 (now $145) each. 

Besides, the German craftsman, painter and visual originator Walter Maurer outlined BMW autos as per his own thoughts. In 2013 the craftsman Andy Reiben made a fine art called 3 Arrangement Fluidum. Radiant, fluorescent and photograph luminescent paints were utilized to make a one of a kind BMW 3 Arrangement (F30) auto. 

Notwithstanding the work authorized by BMW two or three craftsmen made informal BMW Workmanship Autos. In 1979 hustling driver Dwindle Gregg acquired a BMW M1 Procar and dispatched his companion Candid Stella to paint it for him; this auto is the main BMW painted by a craftsman who was additionally BMW's very own portion Workmanship Auto program. also, was sold from the Guggenheim Exhibition hall to a BMW merchant in Long Island, New York in 2011. The auto is a piece of Stella's "Polar Directions" arrangement, made to remember Stella's companion Ronnie Peterson who had kicked the bucket in a hustling episode at Monza in 1978. In 1987 Keith Haring painted a red BMW Z1 at Hans Mayer Exhibition, Düsseldorf. In 2016, the Social Board of More prominent Jacksonville charged craftsman Christie Chandler to paint a BMW X6 for their yearly recompenses occasion at TPC Sawgrass.