You may have missed the most intrinsic feature of the hood. When in the full up position. I finally figured out it was a compliment by the germans to the french justice system if it ever fell on you. Thats the real reason why the grill is bolted to the hood. They really mean it when they state it is engineered like no other car in the world. They just missed sharpening the lower edge of the grill. There is still time left yet to rectify their oversight on future models.