Photo: Stefan Baldauf / Robert Kah
We may be going on a limb here, but the adjacent photos are certainly enforcing what we are about to say, and in our humble opinion the following person was caught copying certain design features from cars presented at this year's Geneva Motor Show.
One of our photographers from the car-filled floors from Geneva came about the rather unexpected presence of a person which seemed at least out of the ordinary.
Armed with a pocket camera and a clipboard, the man was apparently taking thorough notes about the most peculiar details from some of the cars present.
As you can see in the photos bellow, our photographer spotted him painstakingly checking the Peugeot 308 SW, which was actually unveiled right here in Geneva today.
Upon taking a closer look at two of the images, you can observe that his clipboard includes a few design details from other manufacturers as well, with each of them receiving small notes in what looks like Japanese language.
The man is also presumably from Japan - instead of China as everyone was probably expecting - as his lanyard has “Nagoya City Women's Marathon 2013” written on it.
Obviously, we have no proof to verify our sensationalist conclusion in the headline, as he might also be working for a magazine of some sort that compiles European design trends, but this certainly doesn't take away from the oddity of the whole shenanigans that our photographer spotted.
What do you guys think, is he performing industrial espionage in front of everyone at the show or is he doing something completely different?
Armed with a pocket camera and a clipboard, the man was apparently taking thorough notes about the most peculiar details from some of the cars present.
As you can see in the photos bellow, our photographer spotted him painstakingly checking the Peugeot 308 SW, which was actually unveiled right here in Geneva today.
Upon taking a closer look at two of the images, you can observe that his clipboard includes a few design details from other manufacturers as well, with each of them receiving small notes in what looks like Japanese language.
The man is also presumably from Japan - instead of China as everyone was probably expecting - as his lanyard has “Nagoya City Women's Marathon 2013” written on it.
Obviously, we have no proof to verify our sensationalist conclusion in the headline, as he might also be working for a magazine of some sort that compiles European design trends, but this certainly doesn't take away from the oddity of the whole shenanigans that our photographer spotted.
What do you guys think, is he performing industrial espionage in front of everyone at the show or is he doing something completely different?
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