Tiffany Labedz Should Be Disappointed With Honda

Image that you beat out 170 entries in a design contest from Honda. And winning meant that your vehicle design became a reality. Seems like it would be a pretty big moment. But you would hope that Honda would match your winning effort by making the car perfect. For winner Tiffany Labedz, that wasn’t the case.

The contest was seeking out the best design for the 2014 Civic Si Coupe featured in the Forza gaming series. The winning design was then put on a new Civic to be unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show Friday. There was even a press conference with Tiffany front and center to help reveal the new Forza edition Civic from underneath a sheet.

But when the car came to light today, it was pretty clear that Honda didn’t put much time into it. The Civic was wrapped in vinyl, which is fine – it’s a common practice these days. But it looks like someone that was amateur at best actually did the job. There were ripples everywhere, the corners were hastily cut out and there was obvious overlap. The local vinyl wrap business in your hometown could have done a better job. It’s what you would call a 20-foot car, because it looks great from 20 feet away.

Apparently Honda, a multi-national corporation, couldn’t seek out someone that could do an adequate wrap job. And they even went so far as to have a press conference unveiling at the show.

It’s pretty obvious to me that Honda is just going to rip off the vinyl and resell this car. Hell, they might as well just give it to Tiffany (because that is not actually happening). Even though they tweeted this:

They obviously meant, enjoy looking at it. Because you can’t have it. But, you also won’t enjoy looking at it.

Not your best moment, Honda.