Best Cars Without a Grille?

"dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter" (dsigned001) 04/10/2016 at 18:42 • Filed to: None

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All the hoopla about the Model 3's mouthlessness immediately made me think of the Sagaris as grillelessness done right (even though it does have an ICE that needs to be cooled). But I thought I’d poll the collective wisdom of Oppo: what are your favorite mouthless mobiles?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 18:47

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Blondude > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 18:51

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Nibby > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 18:52

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McMike > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 18:54

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Countach

Alfalfa > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 18:55

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I love the Fiero, ghettoness and weight be damned.

GE90man > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 19:07

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any rear-mid engined porsche

Spridget > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 19:10

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I’d hoon the shit out of a Dauphine, no matter how slow it is.

EL_ULY > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 19:19

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Jack Does Cars > Nibby 04/10/2016 at 19:21

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yes

Flamehead > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 19:26

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The lack of C5 corvettes is displeasing

Brian McKay > EL_ULY 04/10/2016 at 19:27

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two large grilles in front and two on each side = six ... aside from whatever is in the rear

Blondude > GE90man 04/10/2016 at 19:27

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At what point do we start calling the intakes on the front of a rear/mid-engine car a grille?

DipodomysDeserti > GE90man 04/10/2016 at 19:30

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I see five grills on that car.

DipodomysDeserti > Blondude 04/10/2016 at 19:30

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Those all have grills

DipodomysDeserti > Alfalfa 04/10/2016 at 19:32

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Great plate on that Corvair. Here’s my old one

Jonee > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 19:44

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Alfalfa > DipodomysDeserti 04/10/2016 at 19:52

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I certainly thought it was a nice touch.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 19:55

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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 20:00

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 20:07

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hike > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 20:09

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I love the mouthless C4 Corvette. Looks perfectly natural. Radiator actually picks up air from underneath.

GE90man > DipodomysDeserti 04/10/2016 at 20:13

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I saw those as intakes, but I guess

DipodomysDeserti > GE90man 04/10/2016 at 20:41

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Pretty sure there are radiators on each side of that bumper and an intercooler in the middle.

DipodomysDeserti > Alfalfa 04/10/2016 at 20:44

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In the right light you could see the residue from a sticker on my back window that read “safe at any speed”

GE90man > DipodomysDeserti 04/10/2016 at 21:58

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oops I wasn't sure about that

NJAnon > Flamehead 04/10/2016 at 22:32

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Yeah Chevrolet did some clever front end trick stuff there to get air and heat away from their engines with that design.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 22:39

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Flamehead > NJAnon 04/10/2016 at 22:44

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Yeah the air dam underneath forcing air up over the radiator was trick. I wish the hood had extractor vents it would go along way to help keep it cool on hot days.

Swayze Train GTi > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/10/2016 at 22:56

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Here are two that I owned, I think they look rather sharp

Die-Trying > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/11/2016 at 00:10

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dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > Die-Trying 04/11/2016 at 01:00

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I actually think it would be really cool if vw did a "real" new beetle

BRyan31122 > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 04/11/2016 at 11:15

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Let’s add a bit of racing/prototype flavor to this discussion.

Oldsmobile Aerotech:

Matra MS630:

Jaguar XJR-14:

1965 Chaparral 2C: