Marilyn's Photos - June 14 2026 - Bumpers, Fenders and Grilles
I saw an old 1950s T-Bird yesterday and smiled when I saw the front end. The front grille is a big shiny thing with lights that look like they have eyelids.
This one seemed to be in between grinning and frowning. And I thought about it - front grilles in the current models seem to me to be more frowning and threatening than smiling.
I found a grille or two that look smiley.
Much more common are the menacing grilles - this one is called an "American modified shark grille"
What to think about grilles on EV cars? Some have grille designs, others don't. And when I looked at pictures, they all have some sort of mouth out front. Can grilles actually disappear the way shiny bumpers and fenders did? It seems like we prefer things with faces. We've given this a name - pareidolia. It is a "deeply embedded neurological process." An area called the Fusiform Face Area activates at the same level as when looking at actual human faces.
Even the all-time popular car like the VW - with no grille. Wouldn't we argue that it has a really big nose? Every car seems to have a facial profile.
Gerry's Porsche doesn't showcase a grille - the front end facial profile is considered a friendly face with a smile and a blunt, rounded nose. Here's he is going around the corner on Sunnylea.
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