Sometimes I’m easily amused. I found this early rendering of the Wald “Black Bison Edition” Prius aero kit and I just had to comment on it. I know the Prius tuning is big business in Japan and judging from the looks of this design, I think Wald took it pretty seriously. The only problem is that I think they took it a little too seriously. It looks like they kept on adding more and more until there was simply one too many things going on with it.

Looking at the sculpted front fenders on their own, I can say that they are entirely perfect for the car. The shape is actually beautiful if the production version ends up like that. I’d take those with a full bumper replacement from ASI or Tommy Kaira for sure. But then we look at the bumper of this kit and I just totally loose all interest after looking at the mid/lower center section of the bumper. There is just too much going on..The sculpted lines under the headlights are a nice touch and the side exit vents are totally acceptable (although super over used)…but to me, starting off with the R35 GT-R Wald designed front grill (adapted here to the Prius) and looking downward from there its just a complete mess to me. Maybe paint accents can save it, but I don’t think so.

Sometimes I think the design should just be finished a little bit earlier on in the process and people should stop messing with it. I feel like this bumper was just too over-thought, simply one too many ideas.

What do you think?