In addition to the regular road car issue, Minichamps also released César Manrique’s Art Car for the BMW Art Car series as a Dealer only release limited to 3,000 copies.









Identical to all Art Cars in the series, the model comes mounted on a Plexiglas plinth with its own display cover, packed in a very nice box with included book about the Art Car project and other art cars. Like all Art Cars, it is a special release, and not only because of the packaging and presentation.





The model itself is improved, better finished, and overall of higher quality (likely due to better QC) than the regular release car. While it still has the same headlight lenses and crinkly chrome foil around the windows, the paint and graphics on the body are of very good quality, the interior is better detail-painted, with cloth-like paint applied not only to the carpeted areas, but also to the seat upholstery as well. Underhood insulation was also upholstered versus simple black paint on the regular release. Small parts were better painted, better detailed and assembled. It’s a stunning model and a must have for a E32 fans.










General model design remained unchanged, but you can clearly see how Art Car is different from the regular release in so many ways. New graphics, carpeted rear shelf and seats, lack of badging on the Art Car.


Detail of the the engine is virtually unchanged, but the colors are. So is the underhood insulation which made with cloth-like paint on the art car vs. just black paint on the regular release.


Wheels are the same on both models, but interior detail and paint certainly not. Flocked seats, different color trim and paint on the dashboard, better overall assembly.

While I’m excited to hear Minichamps might be resurrecting the old tooling, I hope that they would consider making a different version of the car too – a E32 with a V12 under the good would be a treat!




BMW E32 7-series (1986-1994) 1/18 scale model cars

MINICHAMPS BMW E32 730i - César Manrique Art Car. Dealer Edition, Limited to 3000. #80 43 0 150 932

MINICHAMPS BMW E32 730i - Sterling Silver #100023000
MINICHAMPS BMW E32 730i - Titan Red #100023001
MINICHAMPS BMW E32 730i - Black #100023002