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Outside in the garden this usually only works one day a year, and then only when the weather is good.
But there are a few cars where you can find Easter eggs all year round.
Because despite all serious commitment, many designers make fun of hiding tongue-in-cheek details in their designs.
Some even make it into the series.
"In the analogy to the wow experience when looking for chicken or chocolate eggs during the Easter walk, these petitessen trade in our guild as so-called Easter eggs", says design professor Lutz Fügener from the University of Pforzheim smuggle upcoming cars. "
Did you find the old jeep?
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According to press spokesman Markus Hauf, there are several Easter eggs in almost every model at Jeep: For example, the silhouette of Willy's Jeep, the brand's forefather.
It runs as a black silhouette through the adhesive edge of the windshield.
Or the typical brand face with seven vertical stripes in the cooler and two googly eyes next to it.
This is available as an embossing on the back cushions or on the rear lights.
Or the topographic map of the Mojave Desert can be found embossed into the rubber mat of a shelf as a slip brake.
Cosmopolitan Italian with local patriotism: the new Fiat 500 features a silhouette of Turin’s hometown in the charger for the mobile phone
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In the meantime, this has apparently rubbed off on the colleagues at Fiat.
If you take a closer look around the new 500, you will not only discover the silhouette of the original Cinquecento in the doors, but even the skyline of your hometown Turin in the charging cradle for your smartphone, says press spokeswoman Anne Wollek.
Shark alert at Opel
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But the Easter eggs are not a peculiarity of the former FCA brands, but also the new Stellantis sister Opel has such a weakness: According to press spokesman Patrick Munsch, it is a kind of running gag that a shark is hidden somewhere in the interior.
"The history now goes back over 15 years," explains Karim Giordimaina, who is responsible for interior design at Hessen.
The designer, who was supposed to draw the stabilizing slats on the outside of the glove compartment for the next Corsa, sat at home over his design on Sundays.
His son recognized a shark in the sketch.
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"The father refined it further, suggested it to his boss and in the end got the green light," says Giordimaina: "The shark on the glove compartment went into series production - and the story of the Opel sharks began."
Cheerful hidden object game: Opel designers have so far hidden sharks in numerous models
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Since then, the predatory fish has had a steep career and made it into almost every new Opel.
In the meantime, he has also swum directly into the field of vision.
If it was still hidden in the glove compartment of the last Corsa or the Grandland X, in the new Corsa or in the Mocha it grins from the shelf at the foot of the center console.
For Giordimaina, this fun has a serious side: “The cult around the shark shows how approachable the Opel brand is,” says the designer.
“And despite all the professionalism that we show: the shark episode proves that we are also very humorous when it comes to the matter.
There is a strong sense of togetherness within the Opel family, which also radiates to the outside world. "
Swedish flags, mother animals and a fingerprint
Wherever Opel got the shark, Volvo emphasizes its origins with a recurring Easter egg: According to press spokesman Michael Schweitzer, the Swedes sew a miniature version of their blue and yellow flag into the collar, just as fashion labels attach the care instructions to the collar Seats.
And if you look under the lid of a shelf on the Volvo XC90, you will even see a spider's web there.
The designers at Jaguar have also laid a few eggs: similar to the Jeep, a Jaguar mother and her boy are tapping through the field of vision with the E-Pace.
And the pattern for the upholstery fabric of a console is based on the fur of the big cats.
Button in ear and flag?
No, Volvo doesn't make teddy bears, but this little fabric flag is supposed to show where their cars come from
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It gets even more personal with the Renault Zoe: There the designer has even immortalized his fingerprint in the handle of the rear door.
Tesla boss Elon Musk is apparently a particularly big fan of these Easter eggs.
At Model S & Co there are no hidden gimmicks in the plastic, but there are always new gimmicks in the software.
These are installed in the regular updates after personal approval by the boss and can be activated in various ways via the menu.
A few years ago, for example, Tesla hid Easter eggs for Christmas.
The command “HoHoHo”, for example, was followed by a Christmas rock song, and a Santa sleigh drove on the speedometer display.
Those who operated the indicators heard the sleigh bells instead of the usual clicking.
Can you find them all?
At Jeep, the silhouette of the iconic original Jeep runs in the edge of the window of some models
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