The WRONGEST of automotive wrongs EVER

[Pine]

...just call me Luke Watson

AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History



This is a sad day, Mercedes AMG has sullied one of its most cherished icons, dropping a 6.0 liter V8 into a camo-painted Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing designed for Bathing Ape Fashion founder NIGO. Ugh.

The car was built because when you're a billionaire and you got nothing better to do with your money, then why wouldn't you get the oldest auto company in the world to bastardize one of its most sought-after classics? The completely camouflaged car has been equipped with completely upgraded mechanicals including a 6.0-liter V8 and we're assuming an automatic transmission.

Some things money shouldn't be able to buy, like self-respect. We could understand if an outside tuner shop created this abortion, but for Mercedes to have a hand in this is just so wrong on so many levels.

[Chris]

Very sad!

[jmvv]

This does prove that money does not buy taste.

Driving this car does suggest that the owner is an inbred redneck hilbilly with a latent Rambo Complex ...

[eben]

.....or Japanese..

He also owns a pink Veyron

[Dirk]

Your reaction is exactly what this guy wants.

He is saying :

"Look at me I'm rich, but not only rich, I'm rich enough not to care about being rich. I'm rich enough to get something so valuable and turn it into a comedy... Just because I can."

[Chris]

It that car was any other colour it might have been cool.Especially with the AMG engine.

[vader]

Short man syndrome with small dick thrown in to boot...

[karmakoma]

Spray it Silver, with that engine in there, and hopefully the appropriate brake and suspension upgrades, that is the ultimate classic sleeper.

[eben]

the 300SL was a sleeper with its original engine
260kph in the '50s