Driving around in Los Angeles, you see a lot of strange cars. But today we spied a small caravan of crossovers that left us scratching our heads.
On Monday morning, Mashable snapped pictures of three odd-looking full-size SUVs tooling around LA. The trio of SUVs look like an odd amalgam of a Hyundai Santa Fe, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Volkswagen Touareg that was haphazardly made in China.
Really, though, I suspect these are the new seven-seater Volkswagen SUVs out for some real-world testing -- albeit in an unusual disguise. Aside from the VW-y shapes and the fact that the German carmaker has been rumored to be working on a three-row SUV, the Arizona plates hint at VW. That's because it's one of the few carmakers to register its test vehicles in the state.
I call the body shape unusual because, typically, automakers disguise their vehicles during real-world testing with some camouflage on the car's actual bodywork to conceal the car's shape. Instead, it looks like these have been fitted with fake logos and nondescript, stand-in grilles.
I mean, there's always a chance that these are indeed some strange Chinese cars testing in southern California. If they are, though, I hope the designers rethink the body styling. That's because these look like a patent lawsuit waiting to happen.
