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Appearing in six James Bond films including Bond's latest outing 'Skyfall', the DB5 has left an indelible mark on popular culture. The timeless 'DB' bloodline extends into the contemporary Aston Martin model range with the 'DB9' the latest iteration of this automotive legacy.

   

Ford wanted to show how a new model would make its rivals disappear, so they called in the artist known as “the invisible man”.Chinese contemporary artist Liu Bolin flew to Los Angeles to put his skills to work camouflaging cars on the streets melt into their surroundings.Bolin oversaw a team of Hollywood studio artists who meticulously repeated the details of surrounding scenery – including buildings, street furniture and footpaths – onto the parked cars.While acknowledging a similar result could have achieved digitally, Bolin said in a Ford statement that working by hand gives a more emotive result.“My work can be done on the computer without the use of paint,” he said.  “But computers cannot convey emotions. That is something that the artist captures with his paintbrush.”The ads for the Ford Fusion – which is not sold in this form Australia, although it has visited for hot weather testing, and shares a platform with the Mondeo – will appear in the US. To see how the painting was done, check out our video.