BMW G42 M240i Unofficial Art Car

Jason · 09-16-2021, 07:24 AM

BMW employees at BMW's Mexico plant San Luis Potosi joined with a local artist in putting together this unofficial BMW Art Car based on the new G42 M240i coupe.

The livery paint scheme features 8 colors, blending the Mexico and Germany flag colors - the country of production and country of development. The paint was applied manually and took three weeks in total.

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Turkish Pickle · 09-16-2021, 09:47 AM

What a cool little car

mkizzo · 09-16-2021, 09:49 AM

Accentuates how disconnected the headlights are from the grill on the new 2 series. Not a good look IMO

J-RO · 09-16-2021, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by mkizzo

Accentuates how disconnected the headlights are from the grill on the new 2 series. Not a good look IMO

I hope BMW does not add this to their individual paint colors!

yanks1 · 09-16-2021, 10:10 AM

ugly to me eyes but understand the intent

annabellapizza · 09-16-2021, 10:15 AM

lol that rear quarter panel legit looks like some hairy nuts lollll wtf is bmw doin

zipstic · 09-16-2021, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by annabellapizza

lol that rear quarter panel legit looks like some hairy nuts lollll wtf is bmw doin

Haha now I can't un-see this!

Tag · 09-16-2021, 10:40 AM

Employees in Mexico did something unofficial (aka having fun)...

Patiently waits for the "...and this is why I would never buy a BMW that's made in Mexico" crowd.

LakeSurfer · 09-16-2021, 11:06 AM

Art is subjective.

therealm3 · 09-16-2021, 11:38 AM

Ugh. Even these guys left the side skirts black. Why oh why are they not body color BMW?!?!!

JustChris · 09-16-2021, 11:45 AM

Beautiful car thanks for posting!

deemo319 · 09-16-2021, 12:05 PM

I didn't notice dude was using his left hand until halfway through then I saw the sling. Ok, where's his right hand?

Either way the gentleman is talented. 👏🏽

Duck360198 · 09-16-2021, 12:17 PM

Well, I'll certainly take this as more of an art car compared to slapping "FAST" on the side of an M6 and calling that an "Art Car."

reward72 · 09-16-2021, 12:39 PM

See BMW, you can actually apply fun colors to your cars and it sticks to it. Try it sometimes. Kudos for Thundernight thought.

adc · 09-16-2021, 12:56 PM

I dig it, came out well for a fun unofficial project IMO.

dr_frankfurter · 09-16-2021, 02:14 PM

The yellow and green paint actually really suits the car. Hope the M2 gets IOMG as a paint option

mactrack · 09-16-2021, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by dr_frankfurter

The yellow and green paint actually really suits the car. Hope the M2 gets IOMG as a paint option

Agreed. I was hoping for a San Remo Green / Cognac combination on a MY23 M240i but that colour is not a standard one for MY22 at least. Otherwise an Isle of Man Green / Kyalami Orange combination would look good on an M2 too.

reward72 · 09-16-2021, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mactrack

I was hoping for a San Remo Green / Cognac combination

Yes, please. I would even go Java Green or Verde Manis.

mactrack · 09-16-2021, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by reward72

Yes, please. I would even go Java Green or Verde Manis.

Such a shame there's no San Remo on the G42, would go really well with the black cills, when there is a Cognac interior option. I'm unlikely to pay 6 times the price of metallic paint for BMW Individual Verde Ermes. Green cars with brown interiors sound awful but seem to making a comeback.

SFBavarianArea · 09-16-2021, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by therealm3

Ugh. Even these guys left the side skirts black. Why oh why are they not body color BMW?!?!!

All I can think of is that it visually slims down the body…if it was the same color as the body…it would probably look disproportioned to greenhouse

Side effect of it being based on a tall(er) sedan designed to take a floor full of batteries 🔋 ???

///M TOWN · 09-16-2021, 05:16 PM

Nice Art Car ‼️

reward72 · 09-16-2021, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by therealm3

Ugh. Even these guys left the side skirts black. Why oh why are they not body color BMW?!?!!

I'm with you. At least it's not as bad as the black side panels on the Porsche Macan that you have to pay $500+ to get painted.

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