Stiffer hood helps with the crumple zone capacity of the front. It has a pretty short hood, so that the crumple zone area is limited. 

> On Apr 17, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> They needed a stiffer hood?
> 
> : )
> 
> Jim
> 
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 9:37 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
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>> At 09:20 AM 4/17/2015, Jim Felder wrote:
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>>> Except for the stupid creases on the hood, it looks VERY nice. Why are
>>> carmakers into swoops and creases these days? Is it because computer aided
>>> design makes it easy?
>>> 
>> 
>> It can make the section stiffer, for what that's worth.
>> 
>> Yrs,
>> d
>>