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Okay, just to clarify CAR's editorial position on this. I agree the original article should have stated the provenance better; if our information was so accurate, why not trumpet the fact? That is a question for us to mull over for future issues.
The truth is one of our most senior members of staff received some pretty hot leaked info on the new M3, including specific sketches of the car from Germany. This is how the image was Photoshopped to show the rear bumper treatment etc.
I guess the proof is in the pudding. Once we see the concept at Geneva, we'll know how accurate that information was. But rest assured, we would not frivolously publish pictures like these unless we were confident of their accuracy.
As the feedback on this forum points out, we live or die by our accuracy on scoop stories like this. Although not the author, I for one am hoping we got it right on this occasion!
Cheers,
Tim
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