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Talk about Oldsmobile and their ahead of time designs. Profile concept from the year 2000. GM did that plastic grill thing during those times. Being the late '80s early 1990s.

Regarding Tesla's blandness. They are trying to get away from some of the traditional elements and decorations we have on cars, but somehow they still fall short. There is some excellent grille-less design out there. Styling 25 years ahead of its time. Imagine if this came out with an electric powertrain in 2023! Oldsmobile would have been lauded as a trendsetter. Ditto You want a sports coupe? We've got your sports coupes. If someone buys a car based on looks, I don't think there will be a lot of demand for abandoning the hood-cabin or hood-cabin-boot design. You'll get a few people buying an appliance that the i3-Bolt-Leaf shaped vehicles will be fine for, but the rest of us (who aren't buying crossovers) want the traditional 2 or 3-box design. If you build it that way, you tend to want a "face" on the car, even if an open grille isn't necessary. Four cars with grille-less design and they have more styling personality than every production Tesla made... combined.