---
title: "Will.I.Am Ruins Another Perfectly Fine Car"
description: "The Black Eyed Pea mods a Tesla, proves himself the opposite of Frank Ocean."
date: "2016-08-30"
modified: "2016-08-30"
authors:
  - name: "Sean Evans"
    job_title: "Entertainment Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/sean-evans"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/5049/will-i-am-ruins-another-perfectly-fine-car"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
---

# Will.I.Am Ruins Another Perfectly Fine Car

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Frank Ocean is an impressive car fanatic, as proven by him [penning car essays](<https://frankocean.tumblr.com/image/149245577141>) and peppering [marques into lyrics from his new album, *Blonde*](<https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7488018/frank-ocean-blonde-cars-boys-dont-cry>). His passion for vehicles, while exuberant, comes across in a perfectly subtle manner. Diametrically opposing Ocean, in both automotive taste and adroitness, is Will.I.Am. Case in point: what he’s done to this poor Tesla Model S.

With a widebody kit, a heap of faux vents, and a bunch of other garbage spewed onto the body of a rather comely car, Will.I.Am’s newly disfigured EV was videoed by a carspotter in front of Spago, a once-trendy restaurant in Los Angeles. We’ll give you a moment to take in all the heinousness.

https://youtube.com/embed/_6-O8pMJXUk

The no-rim rims, the rear suicide (?) doors, a humongous rear fascia that adds no function and instead takes away from the car's form, a wrap-around taillight-slash-Fruit Roll-Up, window tint so dark light can barely escape, and chopped springs that mean the thing is sure to crunch and scrape every hump, bump, and pebble all add up to a bucket of sorrow. Why anyone would look at a Tesla Model S and think, “Hmm, this should look more like a Stormtrooper,” is beyond us, but not dear sweet Will.I.Am and his “tuning” company IAMAUTO.

Among the other vehicles Will.I.Am and IAMAUTO have vomitted into the world is his $700,000 eponymous vehicle. The launch of this travesty was heralded by Will.I.Am’s appearance on *Top Gear*, where he prattled on about loving cars and technology so much, he believed himself capable of launching his own marque. That concept vehicle turned out to [just be a heavily-modded DeLorean](<https://jalopnik.com/5873427/why-is-williamsaying-he-built-a-delorean>).

https://youtube.com/embed/LqHuv155N6Y

## Author
A former entertainment columnist for the *New York Daily News*, Sean has contributed to a host of publications including *Conde Nast Traveler*, *Gawker Media*, *Sports Illustrated*, *Entertainment Weekly*, *Fast Company*, *New York Magazine* and more.

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