re: #100 ObserverArt
Remember VW Passats of the early 90s (B3 model)?
They had no grill. They were gas models but the cooling air was pulled from under the bumper where there was a wide opening.
Didn’t sell, people thought it was weird looking.
By 1993 they put a grill in them (B4). Same car, just had the plastic grill added, and they sold better.
People can be strange about new concepts and styles.
Remember the Edsel?
/we aren’t quite old enough, but I have seen ‘em moving down the road.