2005 Mercedes-Benz Bionic Car Concept

Pretty? Well, maybe you'd find it attractive if you were a boxfish, the inspiration for Mercedes-Benz' Bionic Car, which was unveiled at the Washington Conference Center in Washington, DC as part of DaimlerChrysler's "Impact on America" symposium in May. I was there, saw it with my own two eyes, and can attest that it's about as attractive as AMC's Pacer, but stimulating a car enthusiast's visual senses was hardly the reason Mercedes-Benz put this one together.