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Old 05-05-2010, 08:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
Otto
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
To my knowledge,the distinction would fall with the Vixen,long dead now.
Relying on memory ( risky ) with her TD BMW 5-cyl she could knock down around 21 mpg in real highway driving.
The roof tilted up for overnight stays.No Cd was published.I would have estimated it at 0.30 or a tad under based on FKFS Omnibus images from Germany.Maybe Cd 0.27.
Check this out:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc...=rep1&type=pdf

Esp. see configurations G and H, with CD <0.25 and wheels/tires not optimized, plus sharp roof edges. Basic brick with wheels, streamlined.
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