Why do test cars have funky camo on them?

[alfa147x]

Why do test cars have funky camo on them?

Examples:
BMW 6 Series Convertible

Audi S7

 

[MJinZ]

So you don't know what they look like until they're released.

 

[thomsbrain]

So you don't know what they look like until they're released.

Or rather, so the competitors don't know what they look like until they're released.

 

[joesmoke]

it helps obscure the lines of the car so its hard to even make an artists rendering. i think.

 

[SparkyJJO]

it helps obscure the lines of the car so its hard to even make an artists rendering. i think.

This.

Some put covers over the front end too, to help hide other styling cues that the wacky camo paint wouldn't hide.

 

[Howard]

They should start putting drapes on them too.

 

[EightySix Four]

Some are designed to make it hard for cameras to auto focus as well.

 

[MJinZ]

They should start putting drapes on them too.

They're test vehicles intended for real world usage results. Not pope-mobiles.

 

[Howard]

They're test vehicles intended for real world usage results. Not pope-mobiles.

So? Drapes wouldn't hurt anything except max speed testing.

 

[MJinZ]

So? Drapes wouldn't hurt anything except max speed testing.

So you're going to drape everything... except the windows?

 

[alfa147x]

So you're going to drape everything... except the windows?

The windshield included. 😀

 

[Howard]

The windshield included. 😀

Yes. And have women hang over the windows.

 

[thepd7]

I've never seen that before, that's frikin cool.

I did have a friend who worked at a Honda Test Facility who got chased by a helicopter in a concept car once before. He had to pull over somewhere covered and grab a car cover. Apparently competition is that crazy.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/08q2/the_man_who_hides_cars-feature