The actual car the diecast was modelled after was produced in 1976 and this BMW 3.0 CSL Turbo part of Group 5 shot around the race circuit at 300 km/h at the Le Mans 24-hour race, this was the norm for BMW. But what did stand out was the fact that it was a high-speed BMW Art Car designed by Frank Stella. This car known as the "Graph Car", second car in the art car series, came about at a time where the world was still in awe of the first Art Car.  Frank Stella, a passionate motor racing fan was commissioned by BMW in 1976 to create the Art Car. The result was his legendary "Graph Car." According to BMW: "During his BMW Art Car conception, the American artist switched gears from his usual random style of painting and sought inspiration for the vehicle's technical aura. The result: a black and white square quid with an evenness and precision reminiscent of oversized graph paper. Within this grid, pattern-like, dotted lines run across the bodywork, suggesting that Stella may have wished to cut out the car and reassemble it in a new shape. The grid pattern - a feature of both Stella's earlier and later creative periods - is often used by him as a kind of stage upon which a painted drama takes place."