Recently, automobile websites have been buzzing over a short camera-phone video that shows an experimental Porsche wagon-design (known as a “Shooting brake”), clad in black-primer, parked on the sidewalk in Germany. Enthusiasts have been polarized as to whether they love it or hate it, but it’s now been discovered that the entire thing was a hoax from the departing TopGear.com America editorial team.
According to Devin Johnson, a BBC spokesman, TopGear.com has migrated to BBCAmerica.com, and the company “is continuing to explore opportunities for a U.S. version.” The viral scheme was overseen by the site’s former editor, Jared Holstein, and was executed by summer interns.
The model was created by Matt DuVall, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design, using Maya and then composited with FinalCut Pro and Photoshop. New York Times has all the details.
Porsche Shooting Brake Is a Fake – Wheels Blog – NYTimes.com.
