I caught this scene watching an old episode of Top Gear. I think they were running an old BMW diesel in a 24 hour endurance race, something broke, and they had to open up the car to get to it. I think they managed to make this repair in couple of hours, but just look how far into the car they have gotten. Bumper, grill, radiator frame, radiator, and who knows what else had to come off to get to where they were going. The underside of the hood spans the top of the picture, and I believe that is the crankshaft pulley about a foot to the left of the guy's nose. Who knows what the mystery cylinder underneath it is.
Update March 2016 replaced missing picture.
Making stuff inaccessible seems to have been a priority for several years. The old Jaguar XJS (circa 1980) had inboard rear disc brakes, cunningly placed so you had to remove the rear quarter-panel to do any brake service.
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