DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 

DPChallenge Forums >> Out and About >> Car Spyshots....Anybody Know What This Is???
Pages:  
Showing posts 1 - 25 of 66, (reverse)
AuthorThread
 07/22/2009 05:45:46 PM · #1
So.....I'm driving to work this morning, and as I'm going through the last light before I get to work, I see this car sitting in the turn lane with the front and rear all but obliterated by nylon/canvas covers.

TEST MULE!!!!!

Well, seeing as how I'm both a car freak & a photog and always have my camera with, I naturally performed a completely legal u-turn across four lanes and dove into the Dunkin' Donuts where this car was in the drive-thru. You can tell by the look on the guy's face in the third shot that he figured out what I was up to.....8>)


I even got the third shot decently enough that you can see the California tag. Anybody recognize it as a manufacturer's tag?

Anybody know what it is????
 07/22/2009 05:58:15 PM · #2
Looks like a VW Jetta to me, going by the general size, light enclosures, and front grill...
 07/22/2009 06:07:28 PM · #3
Anybody got some spy music for Jeb?
 07/22/2009 06:32:30 PM · #4
Its looks like a nissan to me! look at the first pic of the front. do you see the silver in the mid of the grill! to that screams Nissan!!
 07/22/2009 06:38:10 PM · #5
Nissan was my initial reaction also to these...then I though...maybe Saab...then I wondered if they even still made cars.
 07/22/2009 06:38:54 PM · #6
Its like a new design of the Nissan Sentra 94 95 years with the front angle piece of the grill!
 07/22/2009 06:43:27 PM · #7
it could be renault doing testing here in the states?
 07/22/2009 06:53:04 PM · #8
Well, it has California plates, which presumably means it's a mule of a company whose US affiliate/branch/whatever is based in California, which tends to suggest it's a Japanese mule... Jeb being in Pennsylvania and all...

R.
 07/22/2009 06:55:57 PM · #9
black leather bra and panties with mesh peekaboos - how racy!

(nissan + renault = versa sedan?)
 07/22/2009 06:57:40 PM · #10
It's an Audi A4 and not to well hidden.
//www.autobloggreen.com/photos/abg-first-drive-2008-audi-a4-3-0-tdi-quattro/734771/
 07/22/2009 07:08:49 PM · #11
It doesn't look anything like an audi..?
 07/22/2009 07:09:39 PM · #12
Originally posted by thatsanicepicture:
It's an Audi A4 and not to well hidden.
//www.autobloggreen.com/photos/abg-first-drive-2008-audi-a4-3-0-tdi-quattro/734771/

I dunno....the window & roofline is all wrong, the rear underpanel & exhaust is pretty different than anything I've seen, and unless this ia a major redo, the front is all wrong.

Look at the bumper protrusions below the headlights......the grille does drop below the bumper a la A4, but.....

The thing just sits differently than an Audi.....

Maybe a major restyle?
 07/22/2009 07:13:33 PM · #13
Originally posted by rob_smith:
It doesn't look anything like an audi..?


HUH??? Did you look at the link? Anyhow. That's an Audi grill reguardless. That looks like a current model Audi A4. LOOK AT THE LINK:
//www.autobloggreen.com/photos/abg-first-drive-2008-audi-a4-3-0-tdi-quattro/734771/
 07/22/2009 07:17:32 PM · #14
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by thatsanicepicture:
It's an Audi A4 and not to well hidden.
//www.autobloggreen.com/photos/abg-first-drive-2008-audi-a4-3-0-tdi-quattro/734771/

I dunno....the window & roofline is all wrong, the rear underpanel & exhaust is pretty different than anything I've seen, and unless this ia a major redo, the front is all wrong.

Look at the bumper protrusions below the headlights......the grille does drop below the bumper a la A4, but.....

The thing just sits differently than an Audi.....

Maybe a major restyle?


Look at the bumper protrusions below the headlights... LOL Those are fake pads. The rear deck too. It's a current or slighty updated A4. They are coming out with a new A1 but this isn't it.
 07/22/2009 07:20:53 PM · #15
Originally posted by thatsanicepicture:
Originally posted by rob_smith:
It doesn't look anything like an audi..?

HUH??? Did you look at the link? Anyhow. That's an Audi grill reguardless. That looks like a current model Audi A4. LOOK AT THE LINK:
//www.autobloggreen.com/photos/abg-first-drive-2008-audi-a4-3-0-tdi-quattro/734771/

I looked and agree with the others...the car Jeb spotted doesn't look anything like this Audi.
 07/22/2009 07:30:11 PM · #16
Why didn't you just get out of your car and go over and strike up a conversation with the driver? That would have given you ample time to have a look at the tag on the steering wheel. LOL
 07/22/2009 07:39:24 PM · #17
Originally posted by Manic:
Looks like a VW Jetta to me, going by the general size, light enclosures, and front grill...


I think your right.. I just compared to pictures of my Jetta.. (which I can't post because my membership expired) and the grill matches.. side windows match. Some things are different...but that's expected for a face lift on a car. I wouldn't say jetta for sure.. tires are wider, which hints more power.. maybe a passat.

Message edited by author 2009-07-22 23:40:54.
 07/22/2009 08:10:21 PM · #18
the part where the tag would be on the front of the car does not match what VW would do. they don't put anything behind the big VW tag!
 07/22/2009 08:37:50 PM · #19
no making and official guess but the reverse lights in the taillights are similar to what honda likes to do, esp with the civic...
 07/22/2009 08:55:18 PM · #20
my guess in Hyundai
 07/22/2009 09:08:19 PM · #21
Could just be an undercover police car parked outside a donut shop.
 07/23/2009 01:13:21 AM · #22
Definitely not an Audi. Looks a bit like a Vauxhall (sold as Saturns over there) but I cant work out what model as the exhaust outlets are an odd shape.
 07/23/2009 01:16:33 AM · #23
The rims look exactly like my old bosses SAAB. Ironically my old boss was a SOB
 07/23/2009 02:07:10 AM · #24
Originally posted by Starbanana:
Definitely not an Audi. Looks a bit like a Vauxhall (sold as Saturns over there) but I cant work out what model as the exhaust outlets are an odd shape.


The exhausts with a triangular section, recessed like that, say Honda Civic to me. However, overall shape-wise; the 2011 Chevrolet Cobalt might be a contender. See this link:

Here.
 07/23/2009 03:16:02 AM · #25
Originally posted by paulbtlw:
The exhausts with a triangular section, recessed like that, say Honda Civic to me. However, overall shape-wise; the 2011 Chevrolet Cobalt might be a contender. See this link:

Here.

I'm likin' the angles & similarities a lot with that car......hood line, mirrors, front end.....
Pages:  
Current Server Time: 04/11/2025 07:03:33 AM

Please log in or register to post to the forums.


Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2025 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 04/11/2025 07:03:33 AM EDT.