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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Hi Carlos,
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Those pictures are also on the AutoBlog Green link I had on the first picture in the original post...  |
Ok, sometimes I don't "link" pictures with links, so to speak.
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As I understand it, the crease is called a "chine"? Sharp creases are called "hard chines" and more radiused creases are called "soft chines".
The rear has the hard chines in the right place for a good Kamm back. Notice too, the air exhaust vents on the back -- this would greatly improve the air flow through the car, and help fill in the low pressure zone at the back of the car.
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Ok. I should ask my nephew about chines. What I "see" happening is that the cabin is narrowing to the back, but the rear wheels are maintaining the same (or at least almost the same) track as the front wheels, so they appear to jut out.
If you look at the Mercedes Boxfish, the Honda FCX Clarity, and even the new CR-Z, they all have this design detail, albeit to softer degrees. The Prius C execution is definitely a hard chine.
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I hope the drivetrain is something like:
plugin with at least a 6kWh lithium pack
<1L 3-cylinder parallel / serial hybrid (similar to their current Synergy Drive)
And if it was like the 1/x drivetrain -- 500cc serial hybrid with a 12-16kWh plugin lithium pack, I would be ecstatic!
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From an aesthetic POV I think the Prius C is everything the Leaf isn't.
CarloSW2