Will.I.Am Drives a Tesla Model S Not Even Its Mother Would Recognize

Back in 2012, we were reporting on the Black Eyed Peas lead singer's venture into the world of automobiles. His company was called IAMAUTO, and its first creation looked like a DMC DeLorean that was dipped in liquid white plastic and left to dry. It was bad. So bad, in fact, that we stopped paying attention to what came out of his shop ever since.

Now, though, a YouTuber caught a glimpse of another one of Will.I.Am's rides, and this time it's a white (already seeing a pattern developing here) Tesla Model S. Or, at least, it used to be, as now it looks more like a vacuum cleaner with dark washing machine doors for wheels. It really is the kind of tuning that will have the designer of the original Model S in tears. If it were a human, it'd feature on the Botched show.

The guys who found it seem to like it, though. On the other hand, they do seem to have recently emerged from the troubled period of being a teenager, so their reaction is both explainable and excusable. It's funny how they pronounce the IAMAUTO name as if it were Japanese, probably thinking that only there would there be people capable of such a manga-style conversion.

The IAMAUTO Tesla Model S is virtually completely changed, with not one exterior panel appearing to be carried over from the original. Apart from the wider tracks and the subsequent flared arches, the car gets an extended front apron, pop-out door handles and, probably, suicide doors (judging from where the handles are situated). The rear doesn't seem to fit that well with the rest of the design, and even though that could actually be a compliment, unfortunately, it's not the case here: it's just uninspired.

The video is a bit longer, but if you're here for the car, jump just before the eight-minute mark. Also, a bit of language warning is in place as the boys can't hold in their excitement and so the F word is thrown in occasionally.