Why do car manufactuars use disguising tape when testing a prototype?

[pimp racer]

Well i was wondering why car manufactuars use disguising tape when testing a prototype?
For example
"This Prototype Murcielago is actually yellow in color. It you look carefully you can see it's yellow paint in places where the black disguising tape has not completely hidden."

http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/Murcielago/2001/1LA12007-P07.html

 

[Famine]

So that magazines can't identify the car totally, or draw what they THINK a new car will look like. This would give competitors the chance to see the next generation shapes before they're out and make up (or not lose) several months in R&D.

Now, why they've blacked-up that Murcie, I don't know. Looks pretty daft to me.

 

[pimp racer]

Originally posted by Famine
So that magazines can't identify the car totally, or draw what they THINK a new car will look like. This would give competitors the chance to see the next generation shapes before they're out and make up (or not lose) several months in R&D.

Now, why they've blacked-up that Murcie, I don't know. Looks pretty daft to me.

Oh ok i see now thanks a lot i was always curious about that and never knew why thanks alot.

 

[The359]

The car companies are actually getting smarter about this stuff:

The checker patterns make it extremely difficult to pick out details in those areas.

(That's the new Cadillac STS-V by the way...)

 

[retsmah]

On a related note, from sniff petrol:

 

[MazKid]

The question should be "Why do companies put plastic on cars using adhesive that once the plastic is removed leaves crap all over the car that only comes off with chemicals that are harsh to the nose and eyes of the new car preps".
But yeah, they like covering up thier new crap so that no one sees it. I liked Chevy the best...on an episode of Car and Driver television they had the trailblazer I think it was and all Chevy did to cover it up was to put black tape over the Chevy emblem(which just made it look like a black chevy emblem...), that made me laugh.

 

[daan]

I've seen pictures of the new VW Lupo being tested with "Citreon", "3C" & upside down Citroen chevrons on it.

 

[pimp racer]

Originally posted by The359
The car companies are actually getting smarter about this stuff:

The checker patterns make it extremely difficult to pick out details in those areas.

(That's the new Cadillac STS-V by the way...)

Thats pretty smart.
Heres more

NO tape

In production already?

 

[The359]

The camoflauged car is an STS-V, those last 3 pics are of a production CTS-V...

 

[pimp racer]

Originally posted by The359
The camoflauged car is an STS-V, those last 3 pics are of a production CTS-V...

Thats what I thought too but not what the site where i got them from I post site tomorrow ok.