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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
The other main issue with the Schlörwagen is the width: it is 2.1m (6'-11")which is very wide, indeed. They made it wide so that the front wheels could be fully enclosed, even when they are turned fully.
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Plus so they could claim the lowest Cd of any passenger car of the era. Let us not forget, the easiest way to improve a vehicle's Cd is to make it bigger. "the .186 figure" for a 6'11" wide car would translate to a .257 figure for a 5' wide car with the same total drag. I suspect (cynic that I am) that modern car companies tout their low Cds (or is that "low Cs of d"?) because it looks better than quoting the CdA when promoting a big car. For example, the Cadillac Escalade boasts a "segment-best aerodynamic drag coefficient of 0.36 " which looks pretty cool compared with (for another example) a Mazda Miata at Cd 0.38