Quote - On a side note:
a small Utah company used the relatively new technology of digital modeling
LOL new?

It's probably a case of being poorly worded. The technology they used to "Copy" the car could have been new. Which of course lent itself to the arguement that they didn't create the models. They copied them.

Quote - The company covered each vehicle with a grid of tape, took measurements at each intersection point and then used the figures to generate a digital image resembling a wire-frame model. Features such as wheels, headlights, door handles and the Toyota emblem had to be re-created by hand.

Doesn't sound too new fangled to me considering they have lasers that will get that data quicker but hey. Maybe it's new tape?