We've seen some pretty inspired ways to ruin a Mercedes-Benz: Add ground effects to an E-Class; put 22-inch rims on a GLK; or go the old-school route and let Kleeman add horrific scissor doors to an SL55 AMG.

French artist and sculptor Natacha Mercier, though, may have figured the ultimate way to turn people off from a beautifully engineered German luxury brand: add flies. Lots and lots of flies.

The process was simple, as you can see in the videos below: Mercier procured an old Mercedes, covered it with flypaper, parked it in a small greenhouse and then released 100,000 flies. When the bugs were good and stuck to the car, she took the rolling art installation public through the streets of Toulouse, France, with her brother and two friends along for the ride.

The fly-covered Mercedes is obviously a biting commentary on -- well, something, anyway. All we know is that it's still better than that Kleeman SL55.


[Source: Natachamercier on YouTube via Autoblog.]