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Agreed, the nose design bothers me. Looks unfinished.

cptskippy 11y ago
Form follows function, the grill's functions primarily as an air scoop for the radiator to cool the engine. It's unnecessary and thus eliminated. It's definitely unusual and I'm leaning more towards disliking it at the moment but I can see that removing it would eliminate drag.
friendzis 11y ago
A thing to note on looks: there will be a number plate to complete the looks. And remember there are at least US and European versions of that to consider in the design. This is entirely subject to personal taste, but Alfa Romeos' (e.g. 147) fronts look nice in PR, but look hideous with a number plate attached literally "wherever there is some space for it". New Audis suffer from similar problem: even though the number plate does not look hideous it still looks sort of out of place on the asphalt reaching grilles.
- exhilaration 11y ago
  A lot of American states don't require front license plates and their motor vehicle agencies will only provide you with a single rear plate.
  - Shank 11y ago
    Less than half (19 states) only require the back license plate. https://www.cars.com/articles/2013/10/how-many-states-require-front-license-plates/ https://www.cars.com/articles/2013/10/how-many-states-requir...
  - friendzis 11y ago
    Interesting. How do they implement speed cameras, plate scanning for police officers and parking gates if there is no front facing number plate?
    - mattlutze 11y ago
      By snapping pictures of the rear plate.
- pbreit 11y ago
  Is it legal to put the plate behind glass/plastic (for aerodynamics)?
  - tr352 11y ago
    i guess it is: http://jalopnik.com/5516042/citroen-sm-the-history-of-the-140-mph-french-supersled http://jalopnik.com/5516042/citroen-sm-the-history-of-the-14...
  - friendzis 11y ago
    At least in my country the rules regarding number plate placement have statements like "clearly visible", "unobstructed" and "must not be covered by protective materials". I the rules would be similar +/- everywhere. I think this is mostly related to speed cameras and similar tools being able to clearly read the plate number.

Form follows function, the grill's functions primarily as an air scoop for the radiator to cool the engine. It's unnecessary and thus eliminated. It's definitely unusual and I'm leaning more towards disliking it at the moment but I can see that removing it would eliminate drag.

friendzis 11y ago

A thing to note on looks: there will be a number plate to complete the looks. And remember there are at least US and European versions of that to consider in the design. This is entirely subject to personal taste, but Alfa Romeos' (e.g. 147) fronts look nice in PR, but look hideous with a number plate attached literally "wherever there is some space for it". New Audis suffer from similar problem: even though the number plate does not look hideous it still looks sort of out of place on the asphalt reaching grilles.

exhilaration 11y ago
A lot of American states don't require front license plates and their motor vehicle agencies will only provide you with a single rear plate.
- Shank 11y ago
  Less than half (19 states) only require the back license plate. https://www.cars.com/articles/2013/10/how-many-states-require-front-license-plates/ https://www.cars.com/articles/2013/10/how-many-states-requir...
- friendzis 11y ago
  Interesting. How do they implement speed cameras, plate scanning for police officers and parking gates if there is no front facing number plate?
  - mattlutze 11y ago
    By snapping pictures of the rear plate.
pbreit 11y ago
Is it legal to put the plate behind glass/plastic (for aerodynamics)?
- tr352 11y ago
  i guess it is: http://jalopnik.com/5516042/citroen-sm-the-history-of-the-140-mph-french-supersled http://jalopnik.com/5516042/citroen-sm-the-history-of-the-14...
- friendzis 11y ago
  At least in my country the rules regarding number plate placement have statements like "clearly visible", "unobstructed" and "must not be covered by protective materials". I the rules would be similar +/- everywhere. I think this is mostly related to speed cameras and similar tools being able to clearly read the plate number.