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Death Valley's a hotbed of car-testing intrigue

DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — As if torture-testing cars in the nation's hottest place wasn't enough, Lee Foster had to worry about spies, according to USA Today.

Lots of them.

Foster was leading a team of engineers from South Korean automaker Kia putting disguised cars through the most grueling tests imaginable. All the while, they had to fend off a legion of car paparazzi hell-bent on grabbing shots of vehicles that hadn't yet been shown publicly.

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