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Old 15-03-2011 | 06:44 PM
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Default BMW testing at the 'Ring.

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Old 15-03-2011 | 07:06 PM
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convertible mule?
Old 15-03-2011 | 07:06 PM
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Looks like a camera car to me, gear & operator goes in the back.

The camo is just on there as a joke, the cars either get a full coat if they are completely new styling, partial camo if it is just a styling tweak eg. a new front end that needs hiding, or if it very late in the process then just the badges get covered.

If it was a convertible the rear deck wouldn't go so far back.

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Old 15-03-2011 | 07:53 PM
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Looks lush!
Old 15-03-2011 | 07:54 PM
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Maybe its a UTE for the Aussie market.
Old 15-03-2011 | 07:56 PM
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I say Convertible mule aswell.....look at the back of the cab and the top of where the windows go to the roof....Deffo hard top style.....
Old 15-03-2011 | 07:59 PM
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A half convertible??!

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Old 15-03-2011 | 08:26 PM
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The only problem with the 'convertible mule' idea is that you can already get a convertible bodyshell - and this isn't based on one, rear end makes that pretty obvious as the panels are different.

Also fairly obvious isn't not a platform dev mule or a convertible mechanism test mule as it's missing some vital bits.

Seriously, you'll find it's a car that's been hacked about for doing something like filming on track and it's going through a bit of a shakedown run.

Pretty sure if you look you'll find pictures of other similar cars, I can remember a Galaxy that was chopped about into a semi-convertible and that was for filming too.
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