I think the caption is fake but the picture isn’t. If you google “stretch Prius” there seem to be a bunch of photos of this thing going back like 15 years.

Edit: found an interview with the guy who makes these

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks really well done.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Too well done for me to believe it's real.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

it's not. all 3 doors are different. if this was real, 2 would be the same

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Searching online I could find bunch of pictures of the same or similar design, so I think it's legit

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

I just want to know what vehicle model that center door glass and sill edge is from.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, correctly sloping the roof would require the doors to be different, and a skilled custom car builder could definitely do that. The part that stretches credibility is the notion that some guy who wrecked his two Priuses and welded them back together for the lolz would be that skilled.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

You'd be surprised. I know a guy who would definitely do this, and has the skills to make it look amazing.

Dude is goofy as hell and dumb as a bag of rocks, but he's a genius at metalworking.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

You know what? Good point.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You’d be surprised. I know a guy who would definitely do this, and has the skills to make it look amazing.

but ... why?

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Why not?

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is the world we're living in I guess.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't entirely hate it even as a fuck cars guy. At least it can hold more people than the average car.

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

I'm willing to count that as a bus.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 3 weeks ago

that's a huge parking space

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's actually really impressive.

[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

i want a long prius

[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

priiius

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

[–] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm going to assume this is AI slop.

[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have actually seen one IRL. There was a local shop that worked exclusively on Prius' and they had made a stretch Prius similar to the picture.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I assume the middle door was straight, without that weird diagonal part that is pictured here, right?

[–] 474D@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is getting almost as annoying as the slop

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

It looks like a Gen 2 Prius, quite accurate for my untrained eye. Maybe AI is already advanced enough to get a specific model right, I don't follow that trend to know that well enough. Could also be a simple Photoshop or a funny Panorama shot coincidence.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

This meme existed long before diffusion models

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

!atbge@lemmy.world