Another Power Plenum Grill

S2000 Driver · 2009-02-12 23:38:23

Any objections to this one? :what: http://www.autocult.com.au/img/gallery/full/DetroitAuto308.jpg 2008 Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead

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Feb 12, 2009 | 05:38 PM

S2000 Driver

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Another Power Plenum Grill

Any objections to this one?

2008 Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:10 PM

AMGala

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I'm not seeing the power plenum...

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:15 PM

CL6

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...neither am I.

Feb 12, 2009 | 06:21 PM

invisiblewar

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nope...

Feb 12, 2009 | 07:09 PM

Gilgamesh

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I think you are a tad confused, OP.

Feb 12, 2009 | 07:14 PM

mitch14

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not here either

Feb 12, 2009 | 07:51 PM

S2000 Driver

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gilgamesh

I think you are a tad confused, OP.

Apparently so...

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Feb 12, 2009 | 11:09 PM

csmeance

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looks like a furnace...

Feb 13, 2009 | 08:09 AM

1killercls

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fugly.

Feb 13, 2009 | 08:43 AM

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The grille's fine...the rest of the front end isn't.

Feb 13, 2009 | 09:03 AM

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fail

Feb 13, 2009 | 09:10 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by csmeance

looks like a furnace...

Feb 13, 2009 | 09:45 AM

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The grills not bad, it's the single tiny round headlights that are horrible.

Feb 13, 2009 | 01:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by csmeance

looks like a furnace...

lol

Feb 13, 2009 | 01:30 PM

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I believe this vehicle was designed by Chris Bangle... who just left BMW as head designer. I think this car has teak which has to be oiled regularly and the hood is unpainted aluminium.

Feb 13, 2009 | 01:33 PM

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I never understood why acura calls it a power plenum grille...

I always associated the plenum with the intake manifold...

Doesn't the grille just funnel air to the radiator ?? Where's the power in that ?

I could understand if the power plenum grille funneled air into the intake like an old school hoodscoop, but isn't the air for the intake still coming from the resonator in the front fender ??

Maybe I'm just being stupid, but it just doesn't make sense to me, but the same could be said about how I feel about alot of the things Acura has done lately.

Is the "power plenum" design just marketing hoopla ??

Feb 13, 2009 | 01:45 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMonster

I never understood why acura calls it a power plenum grille...

I always associated the plenum with the intake manifold...

Doesn't the grille just funnel air to the radiator ?? Where's the power in that ?

I could understand if the power plenum grille funneled air into the intake like an old school hoodscoop, but isn't the air for the intake still coming from the resonator in the front fender ??

Maybe I'm just being stupid, but it just doesn't make sense to me, but the same could be said about how I feel about alot of the things Acura has done lately.

Is the "power plenum" design just marketing hoopla ??

doesn't =

Feb 13, 2009 | 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by bigman

fail

Phantom = sex.

Saw a convertible coupe over the summer in white.....wow.

Feb 13, 2009 | 02:25 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMonster

I never understood why acura calls it a power plenum grille...

I always associated the plenum with the intake manifold...

Doesn't the grille just funnel air to the radiator ?? Where's the power in that ?

I could understand if the power plenum grille funneled air into the intake like an old school hoodscoop, but isn't the air for the intake still coming from the resonator in the front fender ??

Maybe I'm just being stupid, but it just doesn't make sense to me, but the same could be said about how I feel about alot of the things Acura has done lately.

Is the "power plenum" design just marketing hoopla ??

Feb 13, 2009 | 04:47 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vas25tl

Phantom = sex.

Saw a convertible coupe over the summer in white.....wow.

Seeing a gorgeous droptop on the road makes my pants tight. That ride is so ballin and not in a wanna-be-rap-star/little bow wow kinda way.

Feb 13, 2009 | 05:01 PM

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saw one of these on the road today...stunning in person

here is a power plenum

oh how bad I want this on my LS2!!!

Feb 13, 2009 | 05:53 PM

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Did Rolls contract out their design to Brinks armored cars?

Feb 13, 2009 | 07:51 PM

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Feb 13, 2009 | 08:05 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by csmeance

looks like a furnace...

Feb 13, 2009 | 09:09 PM

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I can't stand the look of the Phantom

Feb 13, 2009 | 09:17 PM

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I think all Rolls' look

Feb 14, 2009 | 12:00 AM

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as long as they're expensive, who cares what they look like?

escalade, rolls royce, Bugatti, MC12, BMW Ms, all fugly, all sell cause they're expensive.

Feb 14, 2009 | 01:23 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AMAN1

as long as they're expensive, who cares what they look like?

escalade, rolls royce, Bugatti, MC12, BMW Ms, all fugly, all sell cause they're expensive.

I think BMW M's and Escalade's (the new ones) look nice.

Feb 14, 2009 | 01:01 PM

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the M6 is sex, veyron isn't bad either

i never got into rolls royces. yeah you got money, and you got a comfortable ride. but does it have to look like a fucking casket?

Feb 17, 2009 | 10:09 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenMonster

I never understood why acura calls it a power plenum grille...

I always associated the plenum with the intake manifold...

Doesn't the grille just funnel air to the radiator ?? Where's the power in that ?

I could understand if the power plenum grille funneled air into the intake like an old school hoodscoop, but isn't the air for the intake still coming from the resonator in the front fender ??

Maybe I'm just being stupid, but it just doesn't make sense to me, but the same could be said about how I feel about alot of the things Acura has done lately.

Is the "power plenum" design just marketing hoopla ??

Actually it does. Next time you are near a 4G take a look closer. The new grill design pushes air into the intake system.

Feb 17, 2009 | 10:24 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CL6

I believe this vehicle was designed by Chris Bangle... who just left BMW as head designer. I think this car has teak which has to be oiled regularly and the hood is unpainted aluminium.

really? the straight blocky design looks nothing like bangles other designs that all have odd angles and basically as few straight lines as possible

I've always kinda liked the phantom. It has a presence on the road unlike any other car. I guess it's just the massiveness of it for being a sedan (or coupe/convertible). It's just so ridiculous.