Car spy shots: how to disguise a secret new model - pictures

Before and after shot of the Nissan Qashqai. The conversion took around two hours.

The rear door handles of the Nissan Qashqai are amended to turn it from five-door to three door.

The rear windows in the Nissan Qashqai are covered up to help create a new roofline.

Cardboard is used on the Nissan Qashqai to create a coupe shaped outline.

The bonnet, lights and wheelarches are covered on the Nissan Qashqai.

The door mirrors of the Nissan Qashqai are covered to help hide design elements.

To give the Nissan Qashqai a sporty look, a spoiler made from cardboard is added at the rear.

Bubble wrap is added around the Nissan Qashqai's wheelarches to give a more squat and more sporty look.

The rear of the Nissan Qashqai is prepared ready to be wrapped in zebra print.

Sheets of vinyl wrapping are used on the rear of the Nissan Qashqai to cover up the handiwork.

The vinyl zebra print on the Nissan Qashqai gives the car the classic look caught in spy shots.

Vehicle evaluation engineer Peter Mote was involved in disguising the Nissan Qashqai.