why do cars in testing phase have such badass painting? why does it look like that?

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[look](https://www.automobilesreview.com/gallery/2021-mercedes-amg-project-one/2021-mercedes-amg-project-one20200907_03.jpg)

Edit: this pic i posted isn’t actually “testing phase paint”, [this one is](https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/story/201706/honda-accord_story_647_061417022650.jpg). Still badass, tho

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Answer 1

Back in the early 90’s I saw some cars that were covered with thick pads climbing a mountain road in Colorado. Came to the conclusion it was a new model they were doing high altitude testing on.