Originally Posted by MAYAman
The only problem with a complete metal grill is that it would have no strength. Look at any care with a grill like this the XJR, the Bentley, all of them have a pretty substantial surround. So I don't understand from a practical standpoint how all of you thought it would just be mesh with no surround. Not only would it look cheap but probably wouldn't last a week.
None of the great sports car grills we have seen, and aspire to, are chicken wire flapping in the wind. I always expected that the grill would have substantial framing, just like the Chrysler 300 option. With the much larger opening for the 300, the factory version is handsome and substantial. I never thought the XF would have no surround. I expected something practical but subtle. When they made the Bentley wannabe 300 grill, They didn't make it look like framed hamster cage.