A Custom Prius by George Barris

I'll pass too

 

Darn it, there are no photos of the back end!!

 

not my taste.... yuck.

 

Wow... if Barris is the guy that created the original batmobile, I'm worried he's lost touch with his creative muse, if this Prius is his latest output. I just saw the "Modernism" exhibit at the Corcoran, and I think if I had the 10k budget for the makeover, I'd like to have tried a massive center fin down the back, similar to the vintage '38 Czech Tatra that sits in the Corcoran lobby, I believe on loan from the V&A Museum. Given the Tatra's pioneering leap into aerodynamic designs, I think it would be a fitting application on a Prius!

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I saw it in person at the Petersen Automotive Museum. It was interesting, but I wasn't impressed. Nothing was done to the interior.

 

Sad... Its like taking the mechanics out and putting in a V8...

 

Yuk, why flare the guards then fit wheels and tyres that would have fit nicely under the stock guards. The nose is dreadful and the colour scheme leaves me soft.

 

If he ever wants to sell, there are plenty of Green Bay Packers fans who will only see the colors!

 

If you're old enough to remember, it was George's late great brother Sam Barris who was the pioneer in defining the word CUSTOM, not George. Sam was the one with good taste. IMHO George never had the talent of Sam.

 

WOW, that thing is ugly.

 

And here it is at Palos Verdes Concours D'Elegance this afternoon. George drove it there himself.

 

WOW, i love the spoiler stacked on top of the stock one. I wonder what purpose that serves? Maybe a 2nd brakelight?

 

That thing is horrid.

 

Wow COol!
They put a Spoiler on the stock Spoiler too....