Tin Machine
David
Bowie designs a car for U.K. auto show
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| The
Man Who Sold The Car |
Rock
musicians have always been known for driving fancy cars, but when
it comes to actually figuring out how the things work, well, we'd
have imagined you'd have better luck asking just about any other
sort of primate -- until we saw the lineup at this year's auto show
in Birmingham, England.
One of the featured exhibits at the show, which runs through
next weekend, is a collection of Mini automobiles -- one of which
was designed by none other than David Bowie. You'd think that
the rock renaissance man would be so busy with selling bonds,
hawking his web service and coming up with new lines of wallpaper
that he wouldn't have time to pump his own gas, let alone cook
up a vehicle from scratch, yet his model has drawn plenty of attention
from experts.
Part of the notice probably stems from the fact that the car is
covered entirely in mirrors -- a good thing when it comes to visibility
(or checking your eyeliner) but not so hot in terms of economics.
The Bowie-mobile is said to be the most extravagantly priced item
at the show. Then again, when you've got $50 million in bonds
floating around with your name on 'em, who cares about money.
DAVID
SPRAGUE
(October 28, 1998) |
