This is a TFLcar spy shot the brand new 2015 Volvo XC90 high altitude testing in the Rocky Mountains in full Camouflage. As you can tell it is still possible to make out the unique light of the car as well as the overall proportions but that’s about it. The Crossover’s body lines are well hidden under a skin of black plastic makeup and cladding.
The car manufacturers disguise their upcoming new models so that competing car manufactures can’t see the new design and spying automotive journalist like us don’t spoil the surprise when the car is finally introduces at one of the big auto shows around the world.
This is a TFLcar spy photo of the brand new 2015 Volvo XC90 with a bit less plastic disguise, but still covered in that distinctive Zebra-like camouflage paint that’s meant to obfuscate and hide the car’s true body lines.
Once again if you look closely you can make up the distinctive headlights of the 2015 Volvo XC90. Why the headlights? Because we suspect that it would be against the local and federal laws to shroud the headlights of the vehicle that’s driven on public roads.
And finally here’s the official manufacture profile image of the brand new 2015 Volvo XC90 after it was introduced at this year’s Paris auto show in France a few weeks ago.
We’re publishing these three different profile pictures of the same car so you can see how a heavily disguised car looks when compared side-by-side to the vehicle that will be for sale at your neighborhood car dealership.
If you look at all three images you’ll note that it is hard for prototype engineers to disguise:
- The Grill
- The Headlights
- The outside rear-view mirrors
- Front air intakes
- Overall shape of the car
- Wheels
Overall this cat and mouse prototype spy photo game that we play with the new car manufacturers to bring you the newest car models is a way for you see the newest models first. However, it is also a game that the manufactures don’t like to play because it exposes their new models to both public and competitor scrutiny.
