Well, the feature had a difficult birth. First we were kicked off the first location by the rangers. Then lockdown happened, which meant a gap of months before we could get some more done; right into the middle of some terrible weather. I was lucky to get the 550 miles in the car separately.
This left us without a viable cover shot going into more restrictive lockdown over winter, with even worse weather. We had to improvise. All magazine covers are doctored to some extent; though this one was more out of necessity.
With the UK opening up a bit more the next cover will be a lot more real; after all the mag is all about tangibly aspirational cars (on a variety of levels) in real environments.