The first car through the loop
A midnight-blue Renault 5 E-Tech, shot on a forecourt. Delivered on the first attempt, for one image, with every check passed.
- Studio
- Checks

Ten dealer photos of a Renault 5 E-Tech: a forecourt, a competitor's signage, grass, other cars and a readable plate in frame. Six went in as references, with the typed record.
What the checks said
- Frame: passed, on the 2528×1696 grid.
- Paint: passed, a colour distance of 4.99 against a limit of 12.0.
- Identity: passed, a similarity of 0.737 against a pass mark of 0.300.
Delivered after one attempt, one image spent.
What it showed us
The rear three-quarter looked just as good by eye, but two checks could not find the car in it and said so. The loop stopped after one image instead of buying another. That is the behaviour we want: a check that cannot look must never read as a pass.

