Corvette ZR1 Spied in Its Natural Habitat

The latest Corvette ZR1 sighting didn’t occur at the Nurburgring, VIR, or even Death Valley – it was at a true American institution: McDonald’s.

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The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Shows a Little Bit More Face

This is our first peek at the 2019 Chevy Silverado’s new interior and the best look yet at its redesigned front end. 

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2018 Corvette Rumors, Shelby GT350 Owners Suing Ford, Civic Type R Exhaust Note: Weekly News Roundup
2016 Mercedes C-Class Coupe Spied in the Wild

The all-new Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe was just spotted undergoing testing in Europe and the two-door was hardly wearing any camouflage.

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2016 Audi A4 Spied in the Snowy Wilderness

Braving the gnawing cold of Old Man winter AutoGuide.com’s spy photographer has managed to catch the next-generation Audi A4 frolicking in the snow.

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2016 Nissan Titan Spied Testing

Nissan is gearing up to release the revamped Titan half-ton pickup at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show and we have photos of the new truck out testing. 

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2017 Porsche Panamera Spotted in Southern Europe

Engineers are hard at work on the next-generation Porsche Panamera. This large luxury sedan is expected to be completely redesigned for the 2017 model year.

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2016 Acura ILX Spotted Playing in the Sun

The other day Acura teased its upcoming 2016 ILX sedan by releasing a darkened photo of the car. It revealed next to nothing, but fortunately we can do much better than that; we’ve got an entire gallery of spy photos.

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2016 Audi R8 Spotted in the Wild, Dressed to Kill

Can’t get enough low-slung German sexiness? AutoGuide.com’s spy photographers just snapped even more pictures of the next generation Audi R8 undergoing testing.

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2015 Audi RS6 Avant Revealed in Spy Photos

Time stands still for no one, especially automakers. Today’s hot new vehicle is tomorrow’s also-ran product. Constant updates, tweaks and changes are mandatory in the car business. To keep up with ever-tougher competition Audi is giving its A6 range a facelift as our spy photographers have found.

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Land Rover Freelander Replacement Spied With Performance Upgrades

Land Rover is looking to introduce a new family of Discovery branded vehicles, including a small model which we have captured in these spy photos.

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Next-Generation Mini Convertible Spotted in Munich
The next-generation Mini hatchback will soon be revealed but the vehicle’s debut reminds us that’s something’s missing. What about the convertible version of the iconic car? Well it’s getting reworked as well and our spy photographers have caught it out and about.

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Next-Generation Kia Sorento Spied in Germany

Kia’s all-new Sorento crossover was just photographed while undergoing testing in Germany. Here’s what we can glean from these spy pictures.

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Jaguar F-Type Coupe Spied on Nurburgring

The hardtop version of Jaguar’s heavily hyped new F-Type sports car was spied today again on the Nurburgring.

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Spy Photo Camera Camo Explained: What's With the Swirlies?

Ever see the cars in our spy photos page and wonder why they look like that? New paint job trends emerge all the time, like gloss-less matte paint finishes, which are becoming more and more popular in recent years. Some companies like to dial it up to 11 with chrome finishes on their entire cars. But there is one look that is always intriguing: car camouflage. No, not the desert or arctic warfare kind, we’re talking about camera-camo. 

If you’ve spent even a smidgen of time on our Auto News page then you’ve probably seen one of our spy photo stories. A recurring trend in these stories is the bizarre magic-eye look on the prototype vehicles that our spies track down.

The truth is that car companies deliberately make their cars look that way so that when and if these prototype cars get snapped by a photographer, certain incriminating details are not visible.

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Also, it’s worth noting that the look isn’t even a paintjob at all, but a vinyl application. The pattern on the application is perfect at tricking even the most advanced auto focus system on a camera. That’s because a camera’s auto focus system uses a subject’s colors to figure out its focus.

Dan Suszko from Graphik Concepts sells these vinyl wraps and confirms that it really works wonders to hide body work in photographs. “Car companies want to put an end to one person exposing their product to the world” Suszko said. “It really hides the way things look in low-res images,” he added.

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