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Originally Posted by bluetwo
I don't know if it's common knowledge or not but Corvettes CAN actually get really good fuel economy.
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This of course depends on your standards for pretty good fuel economy. To me, 30 mpg or so highway seems pretty darned bad.
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...a big part of the good MPG these cars get is due to the areodynamics of the car...
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But the Corvettes aren't all that aerodynamic, with Cd values over 0.3 (depending on model). The aerodynamic engineering (as opposed to styling) that does go into the design is probably aimed more at creating downforce at speed, rather than reducing drag. They do get some advantage from having a fairly small cross-section area, so CdA is probably lower than most cars. But they're also pretty heavy.
If you want something similar, I'd start with a CRX (I got over 40 mpg with mine even the way I drove it :-)) or del Sol, a Miata, MR2...