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Old 10-25-2009, 05:37 PM   #73 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
A useful template is this image:




(Ironically, the EV1 is farthest from fitting the template, yet it's the most slippery production car built, at 0.195.)
I think the reason that the EV-1 looks like it has the 'wrong' angle to its' glass is that the sides taper in. As an example, look at the apparent angle to the slope of the Corvettes back glass from this angle :


And now look at the apparent angle on the Intrepid, which has barely any side taper at all :

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