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Revealed today by German tuning house Gemballa – better known for highly customised Porsches than gangsta bling – the sparkling new paint is made from crushed diamonds.
There have been glittering car finishes long before now, with metalflakes still popular in certain sections of the market. But Gemballa claims theirs is the first to use real diamonds rather than glass or crystal dust.
It’s also a far cry from the so-called diamond encrusted cars (in reality, crystal covered motor show concepts that do the viral email rounds, usually with diatribes about them being owned by Middle East royalty who are luxuriating in our petrodollars).
And it’s just a few days too late to upstage the gold-plated Mercedes-Benz models that were announced earlier this week as a shuttle service for the celebrities at the Cannes film festival.
The main difference is that you can cover a car with Swarovski or glass beads for a few hundred dollars. Gemballa’s diamond treatment is going to cost a whole lot more. How much? The company is not saying, but hopefully it will be well out of reach of anybody who currently has a hit on the rap charts.
But it might present a threat to established betrothal customs. Forget about the hackneyed solitaire rock from Tiffany, get down on your bended knee and offer to paint her car, lads.
