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Old 08-22-2009, 01:55 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bluetwo View Post
Honda and Toyota have been using this kind of design for years and it's actually impossible to say which one came up with it first and because I believe this so much (and of course I could be wrong but it's on you guys to prove it) ... I present to you, who copied whom? And of course the point! It's all about aerodynamics people!!! A car can only be shaped to cut through the wind to a certain extent (at least production cars) and these designs are about as good as it gets right now.
I think Honda and Toyota copied CHRYSLER! American car companies developing hybrid prototypes back in the '90's with the full financial backing of the U.S. Gummint scared the bejeezus out of the Japanese, who proceeded to build something competitive and we proceeded to drop the ball, as usual.



This from 1998!



But I disagree about the aero. Benz has shown a .19 Cd with their Bionic and it looks NOTHING like the others.



Good aero can and will be distinctive.
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