Cool details on how companies camouflage their prototype

Cool details on how companies camouflage their prototype

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We have all seen spyshots like these and how they are plastered with black tape as part of the manufacturer’s efforts to hide the actual lines and design of the prototype which will probably enter the market in the near future as a production model.

The only difference is that the picture above of the Flagship Insignia model which is die to come out at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September came as part of Opel’s Press release, in which they tell us just what they did to hide the car from prying eyes while out testing in public.

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Here you can see their camo artists applying liberal amounts of black tape to the car so that we cannot get full details of what it looks like, this time artists are applying rather minimal camouflage as the car has been shot numerous times by spy photographers and most people already know the silhoutte and major details such as window and door lines.

With these pictures it is possible for a photoshop artist to reconstruct the car without the camouflage and present a relatively accurate rendering of what the car looks like

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However there are still major details being hidden. If you notice the rear of the car has a pronounced spoiler on the boot and that is not likely to make it into production so an experienced photoshop artist will know that it is probably a fake boot .

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This shot clearly shows that the boot is fake, probably a fibreglass part tacked on to mislead photographers . Opel admitted as much in their release and told us that they had made wooden moulds for the fake boot and every single one of their 200 odd prototype running on public roads wear these fibreglass enhancements.

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Since Opel has shown off details of the headlights on the insignia in their spyshots, all prototype now wear a revised headlamp camo which no longer hide them. in fact the fake projector lamp part has been replaced with the real item in this picture.

What is clear in these series of spyshots is that the new Insignia will feature a combination of concave and convex surfaces, or flame surfacing-type of exterior surface that is similar to the design style used by BMW.

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