Fashion goes in circles, and there’s no greater example in automotive design than in the grille. They’ve been a centerpiece of visual and brand identities, adapted and even almost all-but-removed in ruthless quests for aerodynamic ingenuity, only to return again and again, and more elaborate than ever. They’ve grown and shrunk, twisted and turned, disappeared and made ostensibly enormous comebacks across the history of the automobile. Grilles are one of the most style-reliant features of a car, because the design continues to change in an unspoken rule that they remain one of the least-consistent elements of automotive fashion.