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Originally Posted by jimepting
I don't those number make sense in the context of modern streamlined vehicles. .244 from an Airflow when the Insight 1 is .25 and the new E class MB is .24 
Hucho (Yes I bought the book.) makes the comment in his history section that the historical numbers are somewhat suspect because of the improvements in measurement technology.
Not saying that the Airflow didn't achieve some good numbers, but I seriously doubt that it is as good or better than modern efforts  |
Perhaps you missed the historical context of the Cd benchmark,1934 vs 2010.
That's a lot of wasted hydrocarbons in the meantime.