China Car Times

All Chinese car companies utilize some sort of camouflage when it comes to testing their cars, as most Chinese pedestrians are way too technologically savvy for their own good, quick and easy access to camera phones and internet uploads means that car designs never stay secret for too long. We’ve seen various different types of camouflage introduced from manufacturers, which makes it pretty easy to tell which manufacturer is which, even under the camo; SAIC and Ricardo employ ultra neat zebra style patterns that really do make spotting their cars easy, but their designs are difficult to get your head around.

Chery employs simple electrical tape

Shanghai VW relies on dirt alone:

These varying sorts of camo, do have their advantages, the VW Lavida will simply wash off, the masking tape on the Chery will pull off easily, and the Roewe 550 test mule with its varying checkers and cladding will surely be museum material in its own right.

Chang’an appear to have taken camouflage to a new level with this ghetto chique approach. Spray painting odd patterns onto your test mule is a new one on us, we’re presuming that Chang’an are hoping that everyone thinks these test cars are straight outta the hood:

The car above, is the Chang’an V101, which we saw at the Qingdao Automotive Show