Behind the engine grilles of this growling Ferrari, however, throbs the raw power of a Honda Civic.
On our combustion engine cars, the grille is black to signify that air is going through this and cooling the engine.
The Capoco bus looks very like a Routemaster and features a front engine, RM-style radiator grille, curved bodywork and an open rear-platform.
The C8 Laviolette from Spyker Cars N.V. in the Netherlands has a howling 400hp engine, a gaping front grille and a glass canopy reminiscent of a fighter jet.
The first is achieving "purity of line," since cooling a front engine through a classic grille and ducting is more straightforward than forcing air through scoops and aero aids to an engine buried behind the passenger cabin.
Behind the grille, the engines are the same.
The new Chrysler cars emphasize performance and have big engines and imposing grilles.
The current crime-wave will be blamed on lax motoring standards, as manufacturers make more and more of the engine visible through the radiator grille.
Many visitors to the auto show won't see much different in the Golf or in the GTI, which is the fun model with a turbocharged engine, black and red honeycomb grille and telephone-dial wheels.
The company, appropriately based in Phoenix, did manage to build one sedan prototype with an aluminum frame, all-wheel drive, a V-12 engine, a vaguely old-fashioned grille and modern styling elsewhere.
With the absence of an engine air flows through the grille and out through the duct directing it smoothly over the front window slicing cleanly through the air.
