The object reveals itself to be a monster truck painted in pastel colours, its chassis raised high above gargantuan tyres.
Its appearance and proportions preview an all-wheel-drive MPV that's due in 2018, while its chassis will also be used for a Phaeton successor as well as Porsche's Mission E and Audi's e-tron quattro.
A Land Rover lay abandoned in the tractor yard, its chassis white with bird droppings.
In February 1962 an unpainted Ace, its chassis modified to withstand a doubling of its horsepower but sans engine, arrived at the Santa Fe Springs, Calif., shop of Dean Moon, a maker of performance equipment.
Mazda's little achiever rides on arguably the best-sorted chassis in its class, co-developed with Ford.
The Phaeton will ride on a fully active pneumatic suspension and what VW claims is the most rigid chassis in its class.
While the engine is made by AMG in Germany, McLaren will make the chassis in its Portsmouth, England, shop, then truck the vehicle to another facility 60 miles away, where the engine will be installed, painting will be done and interiors fitted.
A1GP has postponed the opening round of its 2008/09 championship due to a delay in building its new chassis.
He can forget to crank them back up before he leaves, doing terrible things to the caravan chassis and anything in its path.
