I did a quick google and a number of forums are running it, plus a few have that single Manchester newspaper article. I don't disbelieve the paper suggestion, but it simply doesn't make sense to my fikk brain. It demands more input
Maybe a (potential) cutsomer took it into the body shop to be repaired, said he wanted rid, and the business purchased it at a good price due to the damage.
They can repair it any time - ideally a quiet time, as it wouldn't really cost anything then, but have decided not to because it causes such a stir.
Reason? Viral marketing.
As John's later post confirmed, it's appeared on lots of forums. Whether in real world - or the world of the winterweb - people say stuff like "Have you tried the bodyshop who've got that Porsche with "Cheating whatsit" on the side?"
Leaving the D off Ba****d is probably to avoid any possible charges under obscenity legislation. Plenty of room for the final letter otherwise. Likewise the pickaxe Audi A6 photo if you look at the [square] handles. Doubt if they have ever been wielded in anger?
It seems the pictures were genuinley taken by a forum member (they are clearly from a camera phone) but the reason for the car being scratched was not what we all originally thought.