Actually, I think it's much more likely that sailorman saw a recent Mercedes SL than th '50's-60's 300SL that I mentioned, but I still think that the earlier SL influenced the styling of the Crossfire. I also suspect that the Crossfire design was originally intended to be an SLK. All they would have had to do is put in a grille with a 3-pointed star. It's easy to imagine the current SL grille reshaped slightly to fit the opening on a Crossfire, and I think it would look pretty good.