Although the plastic isn’t great, it’s not a problem.
When it comes to automobile design, we tend to believe that form should almost always follow function. However, this is rarely the case. Even when they do, the results may not be as beautiful as they seem. For example, take the highly anticipated Toyota Supra. It may look great, and it can even live up to the legend. What about all the vents? Are they really necessary? Unfortunately, no. Despite all the positive aspects of the new Supra, it is adorned with more fake vents that a model-airplane display. You can see the fake vents on the hood just behind the front wheels. Fake. Fake. Fake. The gap between the rear wheels and the door? It doesn’t belong there. The vents at the back that extend below the taillights are also fake. Those are also fake.
It is not clear whether those honeycomb-colored pieces of black plastic that appear to be air vents can be made functional. Jackie Ding is a YouTuber that knows a lot about Japanese sports cars. His nearly 15,000 followers seem to believe that. Ding bought a 2020 Toyota GR Supra a few months ago to complement his Honda S2000. He then proceeded with modifications to his Austrian-built and Bavarian-based sports car. He has not succumbed to the temptation of using fake air vents, despite his obvious desire.
Why? We’ll let Jackie explain in this six-minute video. It has racked up more than 22,000 views in less that a week. It’s enough to say that the only thing that would make this case more absurd than the fake vents is trying to make them work.