New car news

08 December 2008 - 12:00

Why, American friends? Why?

Quite unlike the lovely Maserati GranTurismo, the Chevy Aveo - based on the Holden Barina here in Aus, which in turn is heavily based on a now-defunct Daewoo Kalos, so it feels like it has been built out of discarded cola cans - is a car that needs all the help it can get in the visuals department.

Well, in most departments, in truth, but the looks aren’t a bad place to start.

Unless you go and do something like this. No, this isn’t the work of some glue-addled teenager lurking around Westfield, but instead comes straight from GM’s own factory customisation program in Abu Dhabi.

Which, as far as we can tell, caters exclusively for people whose eyes have been put in back-to-front.

If you think the outside’s bad (really, guys? Red flame stripes? Come on now), trust us: it’s even worse on the inside. How does red felt trim and quilted leather seats work for you? How much would you have to be paid to actually get into this thing?