I've seen this for years, but it's usually for an entire manufacturer. This has led me to believe that they remove them to prevent the eventual theft.

"(Another, Apollo 13, was unable to land after mechanical problems)."

yes, 'crumbs'...

While true that the i8 is more of a 2+2 than a 4 person vehicle the dimentions of the car are still quite a bit larger than that of the i3, other than the height of the vehicle that is. I've also seen both in person side by side and the i8 looks significantly larger. Here are the dimensions directly from the source:

the i8 of course.

This is Swiss-german (Germans generally cannot understand the dialect). See my comment for the translation

It has a plausible-ish explanation of why it's being filmed, since some sort of interview was taking place right before. But where did this happen — what language are we hearing at the very beginning? I see a couple Land Rovers way in the background, but can't make out the plates.

To be fair, real posters have been known to have mis-spellings as well, so I wouldn't use that as a reason that this is faked. However, how do you make a poster with a picture of the event that hasn't happened yet?

Only morons would believe this is real. They even clearly have twigs glued to their feet.

What's this? Handbrake?

Not really. by preventing water and air infiltration (not completely as it is breathable and water resistant, but NOT a vapor barrier), it helps maintain the R-value of insulation, but in effect adds no real additional R-value of its own.

"Tyvek developed by DuPont that's often used for insulating homes"

Is there a desktop version of this photograph?

Um... this has motors, therefore NOT a GLIDER.

And nobody that i know with lollipop (quite a lot actually) had had any of these issues. So what's your point?

That looks awesome!

Data is an android, not a robot.

mundane or not, if it sticks out like a soar thumb you just see it!

Good point, make it 4 if you want, but that wasn't really the point

It's gotta be blinker fluid