Was Ist Es?: Pre-Conference Cover-ups

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Automakers' PR people love a cover-up (only at auto shows, not the prosecutorial kind). Playing the "what is it?" game is a practice auto journalists only do in their internal voices, lest they be taken for someone with no real industry contacts. Check out some of the ones we found during an early-morning sweep. (Audi A4 Cabrio, pictured — as if you couldn't tell.)


A Pair of VW's newest.


Das Skodas


No baby crocs were harmed by Porsche.