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VIDEO: How to make art and ruin an Audi TT simultaneously
At least one magazine has not heard that print is dead. Not only is Intersection magazine -- where cars meet fashion -- not dead, it's doing so well that it can trash an Audi TT for a photo shoot. The TT, a 3.2 V6, was submerged in a pool in Chipping Norton, England, for the magazine's cover and an inside spread. And since you can't exactly go selling cars that have been used as submarines, the car was destroyed afterward.
We hope they at least removed the engine, since it didn't appear in the shoot. Then maybe they can dip the V6 in chocolate for the next issue. Follow the jump to watch video of the shoot.
[Source: German Car Blog]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
LeRobert 5:41PM (10/01/2007)
Again why I despise modern art...
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Brett- BMW Advocate 5:49PM (10/01/2007)
she looks great, take more pictures of her. why kill this car for this?! i am saddened!
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SPG 5:59PM (10/01/2007)
Very tasteful, progressive, sexy, and modern.
A sad waste of a great car yet a excellent piece of art.
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Seminole 6:08PM (10/01/2007)
Every single person at Intersection magazine should be taken out back and shot.
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Bob 6:21PM (10/01/2007)
Print is dead. Hmmm. I would stop and read the rest of your post, but the latest copy of Autoweek just arrived...
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CJ 6:37PM (10/01/2007)
I hope it was test model, otherwise that's just dumd... like the factory couldn't provide a car without engine, electronics and other expensive stuff
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izzy 6:43PM (10/01/2007)
What an incredible waste. Funny part is that this is the same pool that Jeremy Clarkson drove a Rolls Royce into for the opening of the pool. How original. Do people actually use this pool to swim in?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RgYIYATD5Xo
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Evan 8:13PM (10/01/2007)
The end result of this photoshoot was pretty awesome.
Yay, Intersection! My favorite print car mag... I was lucky enough to assist with their Nissan Bevel photo shoot this January...
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Peter 9:19PM (10/01/2007)
Agreed. Intersection is an awesome magazine. The photos from the Audi shoot are sweet.
chad.dawkins 8:35PM (10/01/2007)
That is an awesome picture on the cover.
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Paul 10:30PM (10/01/2007)
Hasn't anyone ever heard of Photoshop? Why ruin a car to get that cover picture for a magazine while a Photoshop guru can produce a nearly identical image.
Carlos 10:40PM (10/01/2007)
Sorry that was no mule, that was an off the lot Audi TT with a DSG equipped transmission. I still don't understand though, why not just buy the body shell? What a waste, god I hate art.
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dUN 11:16PM (10/01/2007)
Oh, poor babe gets made just do the pool commercial~~~~
But I rekon it's worth it with the high-heeled cutie walking cross his hood~
LOL~
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davyD 12:01AM (10/02/2007)
Porn is art. This is not. damn u bastards! coulda given me the car.
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klitorisaurus 1:56AM (10/02/2007)
Ah jesus get over it. It's not like they ruined a rare and sacred classic. The first generation TT sold well over 250k copies, this one will likely surpass it. Whats one casualty for the sake of art? Seeing as thousands of these will likely be crashed into parked cars by silverspooned frat boys, I don't mind sacrificing one for a sexy photoshoot.
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W57thNY 8:44AM (10/02/2007)
The pictures, for which this wonderful automobile was destroyed, could have just as easily been created using Photoshop. The pictures do not represent any creativity, or artistic talent, on the part of the photographer, and therefore did not justify the trashing of this car. I hope the artist and everyone involved in the project meet the same fate as the car.
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Ezra 7:34PM (8/20/2008)
You hope they get dunked into a pool by a crane, and their picture taken with a beautiful model? I wish I worked on that set in a parallel universe where your hopes represented a reality. Idiot.
joe23521 10:06AM (10/02/2007)
Doesn't a copy of Adobe Photoshop cost less than an Audi TT, especially considering the final picture looks so Photoshopped anyway?
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G 10:32AM (10/02/2007)
One less VW on the road... art is definitely a good thing.
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John B 10:47AM (10/02/2007)
For those interested (and who wouldn't be), here is the model.
http://www.stormmodels.com/womenzcard.html?id=3109
http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/grace_small/photos/
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