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Tcoat · 11-18-2019, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Will BRZ

Take off the Mustang bullshit and it's actually not too bad. Should've called it the Fusion or something though. Missed the chance to go with Ford E-xplorer or E-scape lol then none of us would've cared. I know electric cars are the "future" or whatever, but keep the iconic car names out of it.

THIS^
The last time they tried to play with the Mustang it didn't even get past the concept stage before the screams resulted in a total (and odd) name change.

Tcoat · 11-18-2019, 03:44 PM

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ichitaka05 · 11-18-2019, 03:51 PM

Got about 10~15 report bout PM spam this morning. Haven't got that kind of report in a while. Well that spammer is gone, so can go back to normal now.

Will BRZ · 11-18-2019, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Actually, I don't think they do. What the designers need to do is design it so it doesn't look like there used to be one, but they just put a piece of plastic over it when they realized they didn't need it.

It needs to have a personality but it doesn't have to be a grill.

What's funny is the new electric cars BMW has coming out. They're still trying to shove their grills into the front bumpers like in the i4 concept. I know it's just a concept, but jeez lol It's fine on the i3 and i4, but the i4 has that X7 grill. Sad thing is that it would actually look okay without it

Dadhawk · 11-18-2019, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Leonardo

I agree that a cars design does not need a grill. Like an old 911. But, on the 911, there isn't a glaring spot that is left blank where one should go. Like a Telsa model 3 or the new ford Must-UV-thang. So, I think we are saying the same thing.

Yep, we are.

Dadhawk · 11-18-2019, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

THIS^
The last time they tried to play with the Mustang it didn't even get past the concept stage before the screams resulted in a total (and odd) name change.

See, now they could have used the Probe front end as a style guide. It had much more minimal "grill" area. Could have called it the "Electric Probe"....OK maybe not.

Stephen W. · 11-18-2019, 04:35 PM

A number of good looking front and rear engine cars have had little or no front grill. How hard can it be?

Tcoat · 11-18-2019, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

A number of good looking front and rear engine cars have had little or no front grill. How hard can it be?

Totally doable. Like Hawk said the problem I see with the Ford is it looks like there was supposed to a grill and they just shoved a panel in the space. Just design it without any pretense of a grill (like your samples) and all is good.

Funny I owned two of your four examples.

NoHaveMSG · 11-18-2019, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ditto. The struggle...

No kidding. I don't get how people in charge of something can not hold other people accountable on the spot. They have to talk about it, and then maybe they will say something at a later date when the time is right, and the moon is full, and mercury is in retrograde.

And I am already in the dog house. Oh well

korhun · 11-18-2019, 05:30 PM

A good director would build something out of nothing. Watch Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction and My Super Ex Girlfriend. Using or not using a grill is not an issue for a good designer.

Leonardo · 11-18-2019, 05:48 PM

Luckily, concept cars don't look like production cars... Like the 300C for example...

Anyway, is the big cross in the middle a "grill"??? For some reason the bmw reminded me of it...

korhun · 11-18-2019, 06:05 PM

BMW grills and the Hitler's mustache. I couldn't like them a bit. But M2 is a fantastic car..

korhun · 11-18-2019, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen W.

Man, this one looks lovely. I wonder if @Tcoat had one of these..

Dadhawk · 11-18-2019, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Totally doable. Like Hawk said the problem I see with the Ford is it looks like there was supposed to a grill and they just shoved a panel in the space. Just design it without any pretense of a grill (like your samples) and all is good.

Hey, I think I found a spy photo of the eF250

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