Back Eyed Peas musician Will.i.am has joined forces with Mercedes-AMG to create a one-off project car benefiting inner-city school engineering programs.
The brand’s Instagram channel has posted a number of teaser images and videos of the so-called Will.i.amg, showcasing what appears to be (or at least could be) a GT 63S E Performance four-door coupe with some novel front-end styling.
A pair of shadowy images and a flashy video reveal a classic E-Class silhouette, plus rounded LED eyes within squared sockets (not unlike those of the famed G-Wagen SUV) above eye-shaped air intakes.
“Will.i.am created a car for Mercedes-AMG that will help fund inner-city school engineering programs to prepare our youth for a technological tomorrow,” the artist’s official website reads.
It’s not the first time the singer and actor has had his name strapped to a new car, or even a new Mercedes. Last year he acted as ambassador for the then-new 843-horsepower GT 63 S E Performance PHEV, appearing as the ‘protagonist’ in its adverts and writing a song for the unveiling.
The already-polarizing one-off will be revealed in full on May 5, 2022.
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