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Old 02-25-2011, 02:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Svietlana II - '13 Peugeot 308SW e-HDI 6sp
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
It is relatively light, and can be efficient, where do you think it went wrong ?
With frontal area that small, I think either the Cd is terrible, or they screwed up engine efficiency and/or transmission gearing.

According to our CdA list, FA is 17.6 sq.ft, 1.64 m2, while Cd is 0.38. That gives a CdA of 6.68, which pretty bad (better than most SUVs, though).
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