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Old 05-19-2010, 05:43 AM   #15 (permalink)
lunarhighway
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i totally love the saab 900 (thinking about using one for a wedding car!) but ironicly it's a bit of an aero desaster...
the sadan is supposed to have a 0.34 Cd... that's ok for a car of that age, but not great, while the pretty GLI has a horrible 0.40 – 0.42... the low tail quite possibly ruines everything for this car, and a lot of these cars recieved spoilers to cure this problem. a bit like the proche 911

i totally love the styling, but most saabs before and since this model have had much better Cd's. i suppose aero wasn't much of a priority on the original 900
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