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Old 03-07-2010, 12:44 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Blue - '93 Ford Tempo
Last 3: 27.29 mpg (US)

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90 day: 18.5 mpg (US)

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Last 3: 69.62 mpg (US)

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90 day: 33.65 mpg (US)

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I think maybe this should be called "beauty and innovation" rather than "aero beauty and innovation".

While I have not located any drag specs for these two cars, plugging likely specs for the Atlantic into the performance calculator nets a likely Cd of worse than .50!

The tank looks great to me from the nose to the front of the cockpit, where it then proceeds to fall apart aerodynamically. (Armchair aero, I know, but what else is there?) I'd wager it has a poor Cd too.
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