Hey all,
I am a little bored so I figured I would throw this out to the masses.
Am I the only one annoyed by the trend toward useless grills and ducts on cars? I'm talking about the ones that look to be big scoops but have a blank plate or just molding in the mesh.
Case in point is the new 3 and 4 series. When you go up to the sport and M-sport lines they change up the front fascias and add these enormous grills that go nowhere. Perhaps it is my engineering brain going crazy but why the heck would I want a car with useless (and presumably draggy) blocked off grills on the front.
Even the new M3 and M4 have a little of this going on in the form of the extra creases on the front ducts. It just seems like a waste and a design element for design sake. The old M3 also had those little vents in the hood that, as far as I know, did nothing too.
Another example I just saw is on the new Mercedes GLE Coupe:
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/12/09/m...oupe-official/ Those front side scoops do nothing!
These kinds of things remind me of the fake hood scoops you would see on Toyota SUV's.
End of my rant.