Comments on: What Would an Aerodynamic Smart Fortwo Look Like? http://ecomodder.com/blog/aerodynamic-smart-fortwo/ Wrench smart - driver smarter - save fuel Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: george http://ecomodder.com/blog/aerodynamic-smart-fortwo/comment-page-1/#comment-4652 george Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:43:26 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=1342#comment-4652 You want to see an aerodynamic car? check out www.futurevehicletechnologies.com You want to see an aerodynamic car? check out http://www.futurevehicletechnologies.com

]]> By: Rob http://ecomodder.com/blog/aerodynamic-smart-fortwo/comment-page-1/#comment-4319 Rob Sat, 23 May 2009 06:03:38 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=1342#comment-4319 I guess I shouldn't be surprised. The Cd information for various vehicles is really all over the place. Now that you mention it, I think you supplied this information in a forum post on the same vehicle after I'd complained about digging up drastically different numbers for it at different locations. For the intended use of that car though, I think Cd isn't as important as it would be for a more "freeway friendly" vehicle. I've read some reviews and people find the steering bit "squirrely" at highway speed. If it's driven primarily in town at low speeds in stop and go city traffic, vehicle weight and tire rolling resistance will dominate the forces to be overcome. Rob I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. The Cd information for various vehicles is really all over the place. Now that you mention it, I think you supplied this information in a forum post on the same vehicle after I’d complained about digging up drastically different numbers for it at different locations.

For the intended use of that car though, I think Cd isn’t as important as it would be for a more “freeway friendly” vehicle. I’ve read some reviews and people find the steering bit “squirrely” at highway speed. If it’s driven primarily in town at low speeds in stop and go city traffic, vehicle weight and tire rolling resistance will dominate the forces to be overcome.

Rob

]]> By: Benjamin Jones http://ecomodder.com/blog/aerodynamic-smart-fortwo/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 Benjamin Jones Sat, 23 May 2009 03:34:58 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=1342#comment-4316 Rob, I actually asked smart about that since it seems wrong and the official word from the company was .345 on the cd. Rob,

I actually asked smart about that since it seems wrong and the official word from the company was .345 on the cd.

]]> By: Rob http://ecomodder.com/blog/aerodynamic-smart-fortwo/comment-page-1/#comment-4315 Rob Fri, 22 May 2009 22:30:51 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=1342#comment-4315 The smart fortwo is advertised as having a Cd of 0.29. Not great, not abysmal. But it's a development of a city car and is best suited for low speed missions where aerodynamic considerations aren't as important as they are for a vehicle designed to spend a significant portion of its time at highway speeds. My very brief writeup about the smart fortwo is at: http://hamiltonianfunction.blogspot.com/2009/05/smart-car.html Rob The smart fortwo is advertised as having a Cd of 0.29. Not great, not abysmal. But it’s a development of a city car and is best suited for low speed missions where aerodynamic considerations aren’t as important as they are for a vehicle designed to spend a significant portion of its time at highway speeds. My very brief writeup about the smart fortwo is at: http://hamiltonianfunction.blogspot.com/2009/05/smart-car.html

Rob

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