Comments on: One EcoModder’s Gift to Ford http://ecomodder.com/blog/ecomodders-gift-ford/ Wrench smart - driver smarter - save fuel Tue, 22 May 2012 13:00:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A Gift for the King | Earthgarage Blog http://ecomodder.com/blog/ecomodders-gift-ford/comment-page-1/#comment-5578 A Gift for the King | Earthgarage Blog Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:21:35 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=1420#comment-5578 [...] >EcoModder member Bondo has built this advanced aerodynamic concept himself, and has given it to Ford since they are the only one of the Big Three not to accept federal bailout money (hence, the King). Ford graciously accepted the clay-based scale model, but now the question is what they’re going to do with it. Interestingly, Bondo’s concept seems to bear a striking resemblance to the Mercedes-Benz Bionic concept from a few years back. That had a drag coefficient of Cd 0.19, even better than the GM EV1′s Cd 0.195. [...] [...] >EcoModder member Bondo has built this advanced aerodynamic concept himself, and has given it to Ford since they are the only one of the Big Three not to accept federal bailout money (hence, the King). Ford graciously accepted the clay-based scale model, but now the question is what they’re going to do with it. Interestingly, Bondo’s concept seems to bear a striking resemblance to the Mercedes-Benz Bionic concept from a few years back. That had a drag coefficient of Cd 0.19, even better than the GM EV1′s Cd 0.195. [...]

]]> By: elhigh http://ecomodder.com/blog/ecomodders-gift-ford/comment-page-1/#comment-4387 elhigh Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:14:33 +0000 http://ecomodder.com/blog/?p=1420#comment-4387 Holy Moley that's beautiful. I wish there were something to show the scale. It's got the tall profile like the Mercedes boxfish concept, so the interior doesn't feel as crowded as the curvy shape might otherwise require. Glorious. And it's in the same shades as many earlier Ford concepts, particularly the Probe series. That's a really, really handsome shape. I hope bondo gets serious recognition for it. That's a lot of hard, smart work that went into that. Holy Moley that’s beautiful. I wish there were something to show the scale.

It’s got the tall profile like the Mercedes boxfish concept, so the interior doesn’t feel as crowded as the curvy shape might otherwise require.

Glorious. And it’s in the same shades as many earlier Ford concepts, particularly the Probe series. That’s a really, really handsome shape.

I hope bondo gets serious recognition for it. That’s a lot of hard, smart work that went into that.

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