Good looking modern engines

[Rovnumpty]

Do any companies 'dress up' their engines these days? Apart from ferrari and lambo of course.

I'm thinking of the alfa v6s, jag straight 6s, american v8 muscle.

Seems all manafacturers go for the "spray it black and stick a crap lump of plastic on top" approach.

[Rovnumpty]

That maserati engine is what I'm talking about!

But again, Italian, expensive, sporting history.

I don't know why manafacturers further down the food chain don't do the same. Ford used to be pretty good at this type of thing - the old cossies were interesting to look at.

I personally like to see the engine - part of the appeal of cars to me - especially in something 'sporty'.

Maybe they've all gone the 'cover the engine in ste plastic' route as it's different engineering teams that do the design. "Quick, get something to cover that engine up - they weren't on OUR design team'

Anyone else like to see their engine in their car? Or are we all happy with the 'you don't need to know what's under there' theme.