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Thnx CarloSW2
Don't understand wing 'cuts away' horizontal bar.
The K-wing could have a movable flap for fine tuning the trim. But the clear section needs to be conformal to the vehicle's optimal downstream shape and terminates to a different yet 'conventional-looking' wing hoop. Pragmatically, it would be difficult/impossible to open & have access the rear hatch when inside a typical garage and its low ceiling. So any practical (sale-able) K-wing designs need to address typical ceiling heights.
The two-tone paint jobbie highlights the 'conventional' winged profile.
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Yeah, I didn't explain it very well. I mean this, a spoiler "horizontal part" that pivots :
Or maybe you could swap out the pivoting part with a section that would "harmonize" with the sides of the "hoop" spoiler but still look/perform well for the performance crowd.
PS - The Fiat 500 is an eco-wiener :
Fiat 500: Tiny Car Packed with Technical Wizardry - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets - TechNewsDaily - msnbc.com
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... It has a gas pedal, but no true throttle per se. ... The innovation in the 500's turbocharger is that it's a a variable geometry turbocharger, meaning the turbine blades are not fixed, but are variable in pitch angle, just like the vanes on large jet engines ... Combined with the Fiat's very light weight (about 2200 lbs ... Another innovation used in the 1.4-liter engine, direct fuel injection ... But in 2012 Chrysler will unveil one more "trick" from the Fiat 500: An all-electric version ...
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CarloSW2