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Originally Posted by bnmorgan
ok then, the original question? why is our cD so "high" for what would, on the surface, appear to be a fairly good aero design?
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Simply because it is, in fact, a very poor aero design. The trailing end falls away too fast and creates a large, low-pressure wake.
Perhaps the Beetle borrows lines from good aerodynamic designs, and then compresses them longitudinally until they're poor.