[Shotimes] Underhood appearance, was Carbon Fiber hood for the SHO

[Kevin M. Bisch]

>I just hate that a lot of new cars have nothing more than a plastic cover 
>to look at underhood.  It is a cheap and lousy way to "clean up" the 
>underhood area for those manufacturers that just won't take the time/money 
>to run wires/hoses in a neat manner.  NO other reason to have this type of 
>cover except to maybe keep owners from touching the merchandise!

I have to agree with you totally on this, Don. Looked under many many hoods 
at the last auto convention here in Philly, and it is remarkable how few 
cars actually have good looking engines that aren't covered by plastic 
housing. Why can't they just make a good looking intake like the SHO has?? 
Must be a cost issue.

Even my new LS V8 is guilty of this. Big plastic shroud covering the 
engine. Same on the new T-Bird. Nice to see they put the battery on the LS 
in the trunk though, that's good engineering.

--Kevin