BMW’s 17th Art Car, a racing tradition spanning more than 35 years, was officially unveiled at a special event last night at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.

The artist chosen by the Bavarians for this creation is American Jeff Koon, who first showed us a sketch of his creation almost a couple of months ago.

The final version is here and is actually ahead of schedule to our rejoice and it is based on the BMW M3 GT2 Racer. This racing version of the E92 M3 has already clocked up a momentous win at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring and will now feature this great looking livery at the crucible of endurance racing, the infamous 24 Hours of Le Mans.

According to creator, Jeff Koons, this livery signifies the power and energy that transcends to us from the BMW racing car and his chosen theme is this transcending of the immense power under the bonnet and his ideas to the real world.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans will take place from June 12 to 13 and the preparations undergone for it by the BMW M3 GT2 are as follows, the 4 liter V8 engine is capped at 500 horsepower, the chassis has been upgraded and so have the brakes and weight saving program in order to give the car a fighting chance.

Besides the technology there’s always the people to consider for such an event and BMW’s team for their comeback to Le Mans are Andy Priaulx, Dirk Muller and Dirk Werner.

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For those of you who think the BMW M3 GTS is a bit of a weakling, even in the Nurburgring endurance win celebratory GTS-R form but still want a BMW ready to take down the Porsche 911 GT3 RS these two might just be the thing.

The crew over at G-Power decided to celebrate the famed victory in a different style and have announced they will be offering two special edition M3 Clubsport models.

The models in question are the G-Power Motorsport M3 Tornado CS and GT2 S. The GT2 S is the company’s first official vehicle and is a turn-key racer with a price tag, before taxes, of €139,495.

That’s the downside of it, the upside is that it is 150 kilos lighter than the M3 as it features a new GT2-inspired carbon fiber body kit, carbon fiber bucket seats for the front passengers and no seats for the back.

So you pretty much won’t be using this car to carpool but it may have just about enough to make you forget about everything else if you consider what’s under that body: lightened wheels, a “Clubsport” coilover system, G-Power’s SK II CS supercharger system, new intakes and a titanium exhaust. As the latter are mated to that amazing 4 liter V8 engine that gives life to the M3 and you end up with 600 horsepower and 580 Nm of torque, resulting in a theoretical top speed of over 320 km/h with a six-speed (330 km/h if you go for the 7-speed DCT).

If you feel the GT2 S is a bit extreme, than the BMW M3 Tornado CS may be what you want as it will only cost €10,800 to convert your BMW M3 to one. For this you get the same power and a few other details but pretty much avoid the new suspension, aero and bodywork.

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