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Old 08-30-2014, 01:23 PM   #1221 (permalink)
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Old 09-04-2014, 08:26 PM   #1222 (permalink)
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Nothing spectacular, but RENNTECH borrowed our aero tricks




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"This past weekend RENNTECH participated in a Standing Mile event at the Dade-Collier airstrip. There was a fairly decent turnout and our tuned C63 drew all sorts of attention. Last week, we fabricated some unique aero enhancements in-house for this event. These exterior additions bumped the cars standing mile speed up nearly 9mph – 185MPH! Proving that aerodynamics has just as much an effect on a vehicles ability to “go fast” as its actual performance output. Here are a few pics and a video of the C63 in “standing-mile trim”."
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Old 09-05-2014, 02:23 AM   #1223 (permalink)
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Brabus did the same thing... only prettier:



Their car is supposedly capable of 230 mph... but it's obviously sporting more than just aero-tweaks...
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Maybe we will see aero become mainstream again.
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Old 09-07-2014, 07:39 PM   #1225 (permalink)
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Maybe we will see aero become mainstream again.
I'm glad many manufacturers are at least making progress:

Ford Fusion
Lincoln MKZ (love it)
Chrysler 200
Prius's
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Mazda 6
Etc etc
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Not good enough. Last time I checked, the manual transmission insight still holds the crown of most fuel efficient liquid fuel powered car even though it ~15 years old.
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Old 09-08-2014, 04:23 AM   #1228 (permalink)
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Not good enough. Last time I checked, the manual transmission insight still holds the crown of most fuel efficient liquid fuel powered car even though it ~15 years old.
The problem is, what can you do with a 1st gen Insight besides commute or a trip for 2? Most people need more car. I'm not turning my nose up at clear progress when a roomy sedan with a big 4 cyl returns near 40 mpg highway driven by average person
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The problem is, what can you do with a 1st gen Insight besides commute or a trip for 2? Most people need more car. I'm not turning my nose up at clear progress when a roomy sedan with a big 4 cyl returns near 40 mpg highway driven by average person

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The problem is, what can you do with a 1st gen Insight besides commute or a trip for 2?


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