LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Auto Show has brought with it a share of creative car makeovers as vehicle manufacturers partner with movie studios for a series of eye-catching tie-ins; we look at four recent homages from the show itself and abroad.
Fiat Automobiles has snagged the Star Wars look that turns its 2008 European Car of the Year into a piece of sci-fi headwear on wheels.
The Fiat 500e Stormtrooper has a custom colour scheme plus a windshield and side windows wrap that gives it the look of a First Order Stormtrooper's protective helmet.
The DVF Fiat 500X,
The black and white theme continues with the supermini's interior that envelops leather and Alcantara upholstered front and rear seats, with a "Star Wars" logo placed on the dash and a First Order insignia placed on the leather-wrapped steering wheel.
And if the 500e Stormtrooper wouldn't look out of place next to a Karl Lagerfeld capsule collection, Fiat has an official fashion brand link-up in the form of the custom-wrapped DVF Fiat 500X, named after fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg.
Meanwhile, Ford's Transit Connect isn't so much miniwagon as it is Minionwagon after a crossover with Universal Pictures' "Minions."
The seven-passenger, folding-seat Minionwagon is off on a US tour, starting at the final NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov 22 before heading to the Universal Orlando Resort, then Atlanta and Philadelphia before arriving in New York City.
Speaking of family-sized haulage, "The Peanuts Movie" has got a helping hand from Mercedes-Benz in the form of the V-Class van.
If we all thought Snoopy flies a Sopwith Camel, it turns out that he drives a Mercedes-Benz van, at least for now, as the Peanuts gang are going on a promotional tour of Germany.
That's ahead of "The Peanuts Movie" getting its domestic German-language premiere on Dec 23, while a 30-second computer animated commercial, Snoopy's Biggest Ride," does the job on TV.
The modified Mirai.
Back at the LA Auto Show, Toyota brought its "Back to the Future" edition of the hydrogen-powered Mirai to the Convention Center floor.
Shown off at the Las Vegas SEMA Show at the start of November and now in Los Angeles, the gull-winged custom number also sports several other modifications courtesy of Toyota partner MV Designz a Mr Fusion power supply, a Flux Capacitor, time machine display, and mirrored wheels in addition to the films' Outatime registration plate.
