The Story behind Car Camouflage: How Automakers Adopted a WWI Practice to Hide Their Newest Designs
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You've probably noticed that every once in a while we like to show you "spy shots" of various new car prototypes. You've also probably noticed that these prototypes - also called test mules - tend to be covered in a strange, swirly, black and white covering. Well, there's a fascinating reason behind that covering, a story that stretches all the way back to WWI and the deadly determination of the Nazi U-boat.
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