Plastic Surgery Disaster: Youabian Puma

Photo: LA Times

This is the $1.1 million Youabian Puma on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It was designed by Dr. Kambiz Youabian. His day gig is apparently cosmetic medicine. I’m not sure that I’d be so eager to put human flesh at the mercy of Dr. Youabian’s sense of beauty and proportion. Discuss amongst yourselves.

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  • ToolGuy No Hurricane, no sale. 😉
  • TheEndlessEnigma They are cancelling it because it doesn't cost enough. Can't have customers select less expensive model options.
  • ToolGuy The visual effect of black paint and black wheels and minimal brightwork is very visually distinctive; I wonder why more people haven't thought of it.
  • Oberkanone Cost to develop a new vehicle is north of $400 Million and requires years to do so. From the sidelines the investment of less than $40 Million for Fisker IP would appear to be good value. Counterpoint, automotive is a terrible segment to invest.
  • SCE to AUX I wouldn't take it for free; you could spend as much in the first year's repairs.