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Old 01-17-2016, 09:34 AM   #640
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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze View Post
1/ It is not known why the front was designed like that. That is, there might be functional reasons for it (massive air flow to keep a tiny turbo engine cool?) as opposed to aesthetics (or lack there of).
2/ One can't see the front of the car when sitting in it.
3/ When it comes to cars, for me, fun>looks.
1/Tiny turbo engine shouldn't need that much intake area (about 4x what my 580hp FD has) to keep cool! But in any case there are ways to keep exactly the same intake area and and make it visually less massive. Not having a fat contrasting color surround for one. Not having significant blocked-off areas is another. Also, the upper part looks like it must be for directing air to an intercooler maybe (way too big to be for intake air)? That could be done with a separate intake.
2/ But one can see the front of the car when outside the car
3/ Of course, but looks also matter.
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