[Edit: I was wrong about the reflector lights on the Elantra, although I still believe that he would have adjusted the reflector lights before and after the homicides.

At the time that Kohberger was pulled over on December 15, his car likely had 2011–2013 brake lights. Adios!]

Happy Monday. I have something to say about Kohberger's car.

The FBI analyst mistook the car in Moscow for a 2011–2013 Hyundai Elantra probably because Kohberger likely made adjustments to at least the car's rear bumper.

You may recall that the FBI analyst identified Suspect Vehicle 1 as a 2011–2013 Hyundai Elantra. After reviewing the footage from Pullman, he identified that car as a 2014–2016 Hyundai Elantra. His final assessment of the car—considering the footage altogether—identified it as a 2011–2016 Hyundai Elantra. Notice that the analyst never removes 2011–2013 from his final assessment.

Below are photos of a 2011 and 2015 Hyundai Elantra from behind. Notice the differences in the indentation on the rear bumper and the spacing between the reflector lights.

2011 Hyundai Elantra, left, and a 2015.

In the October 14 body camera footage in Pullman, Washington, Kohberger's 2015 Hyundai Elantra had a rear bumper characteristic of a 2015 Hyundai Elantra; there is a straight indentation running between the reflector lights.

In the Indiana dash cam footage filmed on December 15, that indentation appears to be gone. (Someone already posted a thread about this here.)

It is possible that the indentation was filled in, like so:

Someone concealing damage in a bumper.

If you watch the dash cam footage closely, you might see evidence of an indentation depending on the lighting. I think this is indicative of a poor sanding job rather than the original indentation.

Kohberger's car in October 14 body camera footage in Pullman, Washington, top; and the car in December 15 dash cam footage in Indiana.

The indentation is clearly gone.

There's something else: The reflector lights on Kohberger's car are not functioning during the Indiana traffic stops. When Kohberger applies the breaks, the reflector lights remain off.

(Edit: Even if the reflectors are not wired, he could still temporarily cover those reflectors and add 2011–2013 reflectors elsewhere on the bumper. The rest of this section assumes that the reflectors are actual lights because that was my impression when looking at videos of Hyundai Elantras when the breaks are applied.)

Kohberger's car just after it pulls over on I-70 in Indiana.

When I went back to review the Pullman footage to see if the reflector lights were operational in October, I noticed that the footage begins after the officer is already out of her car and Kohberger's car is off, and the footage ends before she returns to her car. We never see Kohberger's car when it is on. Compare this footage to the footage from one of the Indiana traffic stops, which starts when the officer activates the camera while behind the steering wheel and ends when he is back in his car.

Stills showing the beginning and end of the October 14 body camera footage.

Stills showing the beginning and end of the December 15 body camera footage.

It is possible that investigators trimmed the tail ends of the October 14 footage before sending it to the media because they didn't want the public to see that Kohberger's reflector lights were operational in October; that would have been noticeable, and investigators want to keep these details close to the vest until trial.

Based on these two observations, it seems that Kohberger altered the rear bumper of his vehicle between October 14 and December 15. Moreover, it is possible that he added temporary alterations before he arrived in Moscow to make his car appear as a 2011–2013 Hyundai Elantra in the Moscow footage. Such alterations could include fog light covers and unwired reflector lights for a 2011–2013 Hyundai Elantra.

In the Moscow footage, his car would appear like a 2011–2013 Hyundai Elantra (with broken reflector lights?) and no indentation on the rear bumper.

In the Pullman footage, his car would appear like a 2014–2016 Hyundai Elantra (with broken reflector lights?) and no indentation on the rear bumper.

Thanks to u/No_Extent_9930 for his thread about the rear bumper indentation.