It's the part of any car that exhudes the most personality, and yet it's so often overlooked in the age of aerodynamics. It's the grille. It's also the most make-or-break design element there is. What car has the most badass grille?
To answer this question, we must first decide what constitutes badass. Is it showy and outwardly aggressive, like the elaborate, jet-age chrome metalworks on a '56 Cadillac Eldorado? No, wethinks the more badass approach is the dark-suit type. Thus, we're picking the sinister corporate minimalism of the 1971 Chrysler Newport's grillwork. The expression is dead-eyed and blank; cold calculation practically oozes from its thousand-yard stare. No wonder the Newport was the go-to car for 1970s cop-drama criminals and mob button men. We'll bet 80 percent of these things had a pistol on board. (Thanks to Alon for the tip!)
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