AN ITALIAN hairstylist has spent more than $85,000 covering her car in human hair. Paying tribute to her profession, Maria Lucia Mugno holds an official Guinness World Record for owning the world’s hairiest car. Taking her more than 150 hours to complete, Maria’s Fiat 500 is now concealed in 100kg of women’s natural hair that she acquired from India.
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00:00I'm Maria Lucia Mugno.
00:29COMMS Hairstylist Maria has created a hair-covered car,
00:42which is a car above your average ride.
01:13The process of covering her car in hair took Maria 150 hours and around €80,000.
01:21But her hard work paid off as the hair covered car earned her a very special accolade.
01:43Because hair is very delicate, it's easy for it to fall out, to ruffle, to be washed.
01:49It's basically the same thing, shampoo, comb, hairspray.
01:55You always have to fix the car with your hair.
02:01It's possible to drive my car, the engine is not made of hair.
02:13I drive my car around once a week.
02:24Everyone is shocked.
02:27When I tell them it's made of hair, they are even more surprised.
02:32They say, what is this?
02:35I've had negative comments, because not everyone likes hair.
02:41Also because I have fun fixing my car.
02:45I am very proud, immensely proud of my car,
02:50because it allowed me to take a step forward.
02:55It allowed me to take a step forward,
02:59immensely proud of my car,
03:02because it allowed me to take a step forward.