The archive does not commission photography yet, so every hero-car plate is a photograph somebody else made and chose to license openly. They are named here, on the issue they appear in, and nowhere less prominent than the image itself.
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| Accepted | CC0, public domain, CC BY |
|---|---|
| Refused | CC BY-SA, non-commercial, no-derivatives, all rights reserved |
| Why | A duotone is a derivative work. A share-alike licence would pull the treatment, and arguably the page around it, under share-alike terms. |
| Apparel | None of these photographs is printed on anything. They are editorial only. |
| Separate | Manufacturer press photography is not open-licensed and is not filed as though it were. It sits under press terms, below, on its own conditions. |
| Photographer | OSX |
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| Licence | Public domain |
| Source | 1995-1999 BMW M3 (E36) coupe 02.jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | 1995 BMW M3 (E36) coupe, Sydney |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
| Photographer | FotoSleuth |
|---|---|
| Licence | CC BY 2.0 |
| Source | BMW M3 (30254313258).jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | BMW E30 M3 against open sky |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
| Photographer | TTTNIS |
|---|---|
| Licence | CC0 |
| Source | 1993 Toyota Supra RZ.jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | 1993 Toyota Supra RZ (A80) |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
| Photographer | FotoSleuth |
|---|---|
| Licence | CC BY 2.0 |
| Source | Nissan 200SX (9639982223).jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | Nissan Silvia S14, sold in export markets as the 200SX |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
| Photographer | Thomas Vogt |
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| Licence | CC BY 2.0 |
| Source | Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 EVO II (53277845349).jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II DTM, AMG Berlin 2000 car |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
| Photographer | Aethonatic |
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| Licence | CC0 |
| Source | Ford Sierra RS Cosworth (RS 500) - 10 August 2025.jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
| Photographer | Thomas Vogt |
|---|---|
| Licence | CC BY 2.0 |
| Source | Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI (53277495131).jpg Wikimedia Commons |
| Subject | Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI, Alfa Corse, Nationales Automuseum — The Loh Collection |
| Treatment | Cropped to 3:2, desaturated, split-toned Forest shadow to Sandstone highlight. No element added or removed. |
The plates above are openly licensed and treated accordingly: cropped, desaturated and split-toned into the house duotone, because an open licence permits derivative works. The colour photographs in Issue 01 are not openly licensed and are not handled the same way.
They are BMW Group press material, obtained from BMW Group PressClub and reproduced here for editorial press use. BMW's terms make that use conditional, and the two conditions that matter are that the material is used as supplied and that it is sourced. So these images are reproduced unaltered — proportionally resized for delivery and nothing else, with no crop, no toning, no filter and no overlay — and every one carries its photo ID, its rights holder and a link back to the source beneath the image itself.
Four further frames were downloaded in the same session and are deliberately not published. Their embedded metadata named third-party photographers rather than BMW, and a press licence from BMW cannot convey rights BMW does not hold.
None of this material is printed on any product, and none of it is used to imply that BMW endorses, sponsors or is associated with Trackday Brand. BMW, M, the BMW roundel and the model designations referenced across this archive are trademarks of BMW AG.
The short version
Openly licensed photograph → may be toned into the house duotone.
Press photograph → reproduced exactly as supplied, resized only, credited at the point of use.
Photograph whose rights sit with a third party → not published at all.
If BMW Group would prefer any frame on this site removed, it comes down on request, the same week, without argument.
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90559994 |
| Subject | BMW 318i (E36) STW, winner of the STW-Championship 1994 |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90401199 |
| Subject | Nürburgring. Johannes Scheid, BMW M3 E36 „Eifelblitz“, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Nordschleife (1997) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90401206 |
| Subject | Nürburgring. Johannes Scheid, BMW M3 E36 „Eifelblitz“, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Nordschleife (1997) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
|---|---|
| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90401202 |
| Subject | Nürburgring. Johannes Scheid, BMW M3 E36 „Eifelblitz“, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Nordschleife (1997) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
|---|---|
| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90401205 |
| Subject | Nürburgring. Johannes Scheid, BMW M3 E36 „Eifelblitz“, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Nordschleife (1997) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P0007891 |
| Subject | BMW M3 GTR in the ADAC-GT-Cup with Johnny Cecotto 1993 (06/2002) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. Converted from the supplied CMYK press-kit scan to sRGB for web delivery; BMW’s caption bar, printed into the right-hand edge of the original file, is left in place. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P0007890 |
| Subject | BMW M3 GTR in the ADAC-GT-Cup with Johnny Cecotto 1993 (06/2002) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. Converted from the supplied CMYK press-kit scan to sRGB for web delivery; BMW’s caption bar, printed into the right-hand edge of the original file, is left in place. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG · Gudrun Muschalla |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90233355 |
| Subject | The BMW M3 GT Coupé (E36) (09/2016) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90236495 |
| Subject | The BMW M3 Compact (E36) (09/2016) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90627181 |
| Subject | The first vehicle manufactured at the Spartanburg plant (USA): a third-generation BMW 3 Series (E36) (1994) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90627175 |
| Subject | Bodyshop of a third-generation BMW 3 Series (E36) at the BMW Group plant Regensburg (1990) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
| Rights holder | © BMW AG |
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| Basis | BMW Group press terms — editorial press use, not an open licence |
| Source | press.bmwgroup.com · P90627182 |
| Subject | Body construction of a third-generation BMW 3 Series (E36) at the BMW plant Spartanburg, USA (1994) |
| Treatment | None. Proportionally resized to 1500 px wide for delivery and nothing else — no crop, no rotation, no colour change, no retouching. Native aspect ratio and embedded rights metadata preserved. |
Attribution is only worth anything if it is accurate. If you are the photographer of any frame here and the credit is wrong, the licence is misread, or you would rather the image came down, say so and it is fixed or removed the same week — no argument, no negotiation.