Refinish supplier Standox has unveiled its 2016 calendar, with twelve stunning photos based around the theme of Brothers Grimm fairytales.

Inspired by favourites such as Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White and the Frog Prince, German photographer Andreas Fechner from Düsseldorf has selected twelve of the stories and created special settings for the 2016 Standox calendar, with cars taking the starring role.

In Fechner’s version of the race between the hedgehog and the hare, an American pickup truck that is practically bursting with engine power races a tiny Isetta bubble car. In another picture Hansel and Gretel are not lured by a gingerbread house, but by the friendly lights of a VW Bulli.

Many of Fechner’s images are complimented by the car’s paintwork. The two beautiful sisters Rose-Red and Snow-White are represented by two Jaguar E-types, painted, of course, in red and white. The wolf thoughtfully gazes at a Mini with a red roof and is clearly thinking of Little Red Riding Hood. And the Frog Prince also puts in an appearance in the form of a Porsche 911. The car’s silhouette has always been reminiscent of a frog preparing to jump, and this is accentuated when the car is painted in the classic Porsche colour, Condagreen, as it is in Fechner’s photo.

For more than 30 years, Standox has commissioned internationally renowned photographers to create its wall calendar, which can be ordered from the Standox web shop, www.standoshop.co.uk, in the literature/poster section. System Tools Plus members will automatically receive their free calendar as part of their colour programme update.