Poll: How do you feel about Grill-less front end styling?

[Elmar]

I have the same opinion, Tesla cars have their own design, and after the Roadster and Model S there's the new nose design, more designed for a smooth airflow and addressing the electric power train. The rendering from above is very close to the design language of Porsche, they have their own unique lines, so it's good to seperate from that.
Anyway the Model 3 has some analogies to Porsche due to the frunk seam and prominent front fenders. So in a word, I like it very much.

 

[Canuck1966]

I believe that the production car will have the model X and soon to be revealed Model S front end.

 

[arjay]

I hope not.

 

[Snow Drift]

Just make the lower grille larger and maybe move the badge to the bumper.

 

[Noob1]

IMO it could use some improvement. but the more i see this car the more I like it.

 

[skilly]

You can dislike how the front end looks, but really no one here is likely qualified to determine that it isn't aerodynamic just by looking at it. It almost certain that everyones Photoshop "improvements" would likely make it worse.

love how you lecture on the unqualified positions that all who are commenting on the aerodynamics of changes and then turn around and give your own statement about the changes making it worse.... are you an aeronautical engineer?

 

[BillO]

I concur with the statement above. The front bumper modified to some extent like below would be palatable.

Above image pulled from this thread here: Grill Me!

This mod is the best one I've seen, I like it better than putting the X front on there (which is probably how it will end up)...

 

[Snowdog]

love how you lecture on the unqualified positions that all who are commenting on the aerodynamics of changes and then turn around and give your own statement about the changes making it worse.... are you an aeronautical engineer?

It's a reasonable assumption that Tesla is already doing it's best for aerodynamics, and that people futzing around in Photoshop with no access to a wind tunnel are only going to make it worse.

 

[James Anders]

Surprising then how all the other car companies who do have wind tunnels and massive compute CFD power don't all put blunt noses on their cars.

 

[tga]

Surprising then how all the other car companies who do have wind tunnels and massive compute CFD power don't all put blunt noses on their cars.

I'm sorry, you obviously didn't get the memo that all critical posts in this thread must include scanned copies of the poster's degrees and transcript, showing completion of a course of study in aerodynamic engineering, at the masters level or higher, with a GPA of 3.7 or higher.

 

[ecarfan]

Surprising then how all the other car companies who do have wind tunnels and massive compute CFD power don't all put blunt noses on their cars.

The other car companies don't obsess about aerodynamic efficiency like Tesla does, because 99.9% of their vehicles are ICE and they don't care enough about eking out another 0.5mpg.

 

[youlikeadajuice]

Surprising then how all the other car companies who do have wind tunnels and massive compute CFD power don't all put blunt noses on their cars.

Tesla is shooting for .21cd....what other car company does that?

 

[JRP3]

Surprising then how all the other car companies who do have wind tunnels and massive compute CFD power don't all put blunt noses on their cars.

Since none of those companies produce vehicles with even close to a cd of .21 is that really surprising? Not really a great example. Let's be real here, with the S and X Tesla has proven they do aero better than most, do you really think they'll drop the ball with the 3, where aero is even more important?

 

[RobStark]

Quite a few comments saying it's grown on me...I think it's human nature for people to feel more positive about something they really want as time goes on. Doesn't mean they truly like it.

It is human nature to not like change and to actual fear change.

When companies bring out a substantially new prototype, especially years ahead of debut, it is in part to acclimate people to change.

 

[JPUConn]

Don't care about the grille. Quit giving Elon things to contemplate changing and let his team focus on accelerating production planning!

 

[Snowdog]

Given the reveal of the new Model S front end, I think it is obvious that the shape is here to stay.

The only question is if the Model 3 stays naked or gets the Model S badging. I think it will end up the front end badging for brand consistency. I am fine with it either way.

 

[McHoffa]

I didn't change anything on this picture except pasting in the opening from the new Model S design

 

[Snowdog]

What would really annoy me is having to put a license plate on the front. Ruining the looks and messing a bit with aerodynamics. To Bad you couldn't get some kind of removable decal instead of the plate.

 

[gregincal]

Surprising then how all the other car companies who do have wind tunnels and massive compute CFD power don't all put blunt noses on their cars.

With an ICE car it would make almost no difference. First, you need a big drag inducing grill to get rid of all the excess heat from the extremely inefficient gas engine and since the gas engine is so inefficient gains in mileage are mostly about tweaks to the engine rather than optimizing for aerodynamics.

Do you really believe that Tesla decided on a front end that would reduce the cars range because somebody thought it would look neat? I would say the odds of that are very small indeed.

 

[TerribleOne923]

I didn't change anything on this picture except pasting in the opening from the new Model S design

This looks excellent!