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Old 01-15-2011, 07:03 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Dunno where I picked it up, but BMW appears to have claimed air openings there (and exiting in the wheel well) can actually lower the total drag by improving the aerodynamics around the front wheel well area.
Honda accomplishes this without creating an additional hole in the front of the car. Some of the air that passes through the Insight's radiator and condenser exit through holes where the tie rods enter the wheel wells.

I haven't seen the car in a wind tunnel, but those look like fashion holes to me.
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