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FL, i agree completely. passenger cars usually have 1 warm body sloshing abound in there somewhere, here in the US we prefer to use larger vehicles such as pickups and SUVs.
cargo areas are usually unused therefore frontal area could be reduced tremendously and they would look more fun - to boot.

remeber the 80's, cold war was freezing up technology was leaking and beginning to impact our lives especially in cars. they had the potential to become lighter, faster, efficient, more fun, sexier... but what do we want, vehicles that are anything but.
4, 5, 6k lbs behemoths - what went wrong?

once again, the shot through jetta was just an example.
my focus is for large cargo vehicles for which frontal are reduction surgery/sexy aero mods are just not pratical since unlike our overgrown passenger vehicles, they are frequently packed to the hilt with the exception of a bit of headroom (space for the duct) unless you are haulin' lightweight TP in which case you will want to stuff it.