David Hockney is recognized as one of the most successful pop artists of our time. He is an Englishman that has lived in Los Angeles since 1964. Hockney: "BMW gave me the model of the car and I kept looking at it and looking at it, and then, I must admit, I also looked at the other Art Cars. In the end I thought, probably it would be good to perhaps show the car so you could be looking inside it." On the hood are stylized manifolds. From the side, one can see the driver of the 850 CSi. And in the rear seat, the artist's beloved dachshunds.
Hockney's Art Car looks outward as well as inward. The green on the car represents the landscape that the car passes through. Hockney is an automobile enthusiast and says of his Art Car, "It was lots of fun. The car has wonderful contours and I followed them."