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Vauxhall has taken the unusual step of revealing the camouflaging tricks used to confuse the paparazzi while testing the new mid-size Insignia.
The company has also released some pictures of the car being disguised and tested on public roads.
The Insignia will debut at the British Motor Show on July 22 and Vauxhall has been fine tuning it on British roads.
Firstly the company said it applied a ‘facelift’ to the car to make it ‘as ugly as possible’.
One of the variants had a flowing rear section so a pronounced spoiler was designed to mask it.
A wooden model was built as a cast to form the plastic camouflage parts needed for around 200 test cars that have to be disguised in the run-up to series production.
Engineers also used special adhesive and foil that was shimmed with foam to change the car’s contours.
The car is given a pattern called ‘Fishies’ - rounded, fish-shaped diamonds designed to confuse camera lenses and spying eyes.
At the rear of the car camouflage experts have fitted simple, round lights from an accessories shop to the rear of the car, and make special components for the headlamps.
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