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Old 03-12-2010, 06:54 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
she's a beauty,but I suspect separation at the headlight bezels,everything behind the windshield would be in separated flow,and too much air would be going underneath.And I bet that's a nasty undercarriage.
Oh, I agree. I realize that a lot of these cars were aerodynamic styling exercises that's why I titled the thread "Aero Beauty and innovation" and not Aero, Beauty and Innovation"

I also did not make any claims as to these car's Cds, low, high or otherwise. The first sentence in the thread was meant to convey that I was discovering the aerodynamic aspects and technical innovations of Bugatti cars.

I didn't even attempt to make guesses as to their Cds as these would prove to be totally unreliable.

I'm still looking for Cd and frontal area numbers but haven't found any.
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