10:43am Tuesday 20th May 2008
By Lucinda Adam
A MUDDY car appeared in the middle of Frogmoor and attracted the attention of passers by this morning.
A VW Golf, entirely caked in soil, was parked in the pedestrianised square at around 6am and puzzled people walking through the town centre.
The mysterious vehicle was not the result of an accident or a crime, but a stunt by advertising students at Buckinghamshire New University working on their final project.
Third year students Rob Graves-Morris, 22 and Dip Mistry, 26 - who used his own car for the spectacle - had been given the challenge of marketing Castrol motor oil.
They gave the car a mud "face pack" to show the oil could keep its engine running well - just like a motoring beauty regime.
Thames Valley Police officers have asked the students to move the car from Frogmoor.
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