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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW
You have a point, but there is a difference between making the bay look clean and just plain covering it all up. The M5's engine bay has plenty of plastic, but it is functional. 2 Airboxes and the intake over the manifold. The CTS-V only has 1 airbox and the intake cover, the rest is all just extra fluff. And you can make an engine look clean without putting a plastic panel over it all.
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The plastic is also there to keep the noise down especially on a luxury car where SC whine and intake noise is not what the typical owner is looking for