{"id":1235863,"date":"2025-02-28T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235863"},"modified":"2025-02-28T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:21:47","slug":"yes-it-turns-out-you-can-make-a-tesla-cybertruck-even-uglier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1235863","title":{"rendered":"Yes, it turns out you can make a Tesla Cybertruck even uglier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There’s a saying about putting lipstick on a pig, but what if it’s not lipstick? That’s the question the universe set out to answer when it aligned in such a way that famed (or perhaps infamous) car customizer Mansory got itself a Tesla Cybertruck. The Mansory Elongation\u2014a name that must have taken ages to think of\u2014offers exterior, interior, and wheel and tire upgrades for the straight-edged stainless steel-wrapped pickup.<\/p>\n

Among those who mod cars, there are tuners, who focus on adding power and (one hopes) performance, and then there are the customizers, who concentrate more on aesthetics. Once upon a time, the entire luxury car industry worked like that\u2014a client would buy a rolling chassis from Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, or Talbot and then have bodywork added by coachbuilders like Gurney Nutting, Touring, or Figoni et Falaschi.<\/p>\n

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\n At least the rear winglets don’t entirely compromise access to the bed.
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Modern homologation requirements have mostly put an end to that level of coachbuilding, but for the ultra-wealthy prepared to spend telephone numbers on cars, brands like Rolls-Royce will still occasionally oblige. More common now are those aftermarket shops that spiff up already luxurious cars, changing normal doors for gullwing versions, adding flaring fenders and bulging wheel arches, and plastering the interior in any hue of leather one might imagine.<\/p>\n

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