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Old 04-27-2010, 05:14 PM   #4 (permalink)
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They rarely show the wheels which is the interesting area in my mind.

There is one photo of the Opel Calbra which shows for a split second the way air flows from the centre out toward the wheel at a steep angle which explains the placement of so may wheel spats.

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