When did SUVs grow third grilles?

Personal File: Is this another sign of the carpocalypse? All kidding aside - what is going on here? Are three grilled SUVs really necessary?

Design standards have been around for decades - SUVs, and cars for that matter, have an upper and lower grille (unless you are AUDI - who does it all in one!). Inserting an arbitrary grille right between them throws off the design aesthetic.

I hope I'm not seeing a new trend developing as neither BMW X5 and newly refreshed Honda CR-V are what I would call beautiful.

What do you think?

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Thoughts on the refreshed 2010 Honda CR-V

Personal File: I hit the Indianapolis Auto Show today with a buddy and his family and I happened to notice a few styling changes on the Honda CR-V for 2010. I don't really follow Honda that much but I was surprised that the updates were very subtle. I've never liked this generation CR-V (starting in 2007) and I was disappointed more wasn't done with the 2010 refresh. So in lieu of the new year, I put this little chop together this evening of what I think would have been a proper refresh. I'm going for a little more previous generation front fascia treatment but I think it adds a better top to bottom balance and looks more "put together".

What do you think - better or worse?

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