Will.I.Am’s bizarro custom DeLorean stolen; APB issued on Twitter

Car thefts have been declining for years, but as we've said before, that just means thieves have either been caught or moved on to more advanced techniques. One owner who found that out first hand: Black Eyed Peas lead Will.I.Am, whose customized DeLorean that's the template for his proposed carbuilding firm went missing Monday night, prompting pleas from the singer on Twitter to his 4 million followers -- and some hilarious replies.

Earlier this year, Will.I.Am told Jay Leno that he wanted to launch his own carmaking firm, IAMAUTO, in Los Angeles, in part to "bring jobs to the ghetto that I came from." While he described the car as built using Chrysler parts -- including a Beats by Dre sound system -- the car in the photo above is a DeLorean that Will.I.Am had customized, and was later impounded for a bit by Los Angeles authorities for lacking things like a license plate and VIN.