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Originally Posted by vwdevotee
I find it so odd that these cars only managed to get 0.23 with all the aero tricks they used:
It features: * 4-point active air-suspension ( lowers as with Ford Probe IV/V)
----------- * full bellypan
------------ * extendable spoilers ( both ends )
------------ * power-assisted sliding doors
------------ * drive-by-wire
------------ * movable front 1/2-skirts
------------ * rear 1/2-skirts
------------ * Cd 0.23
------------ * 1,800-lb design curb weight
------------ * FWD
------------ * 68 bhp
------------ * 3-cyl IL
My big W8 Passat has a quoted CD of somethign like 0.26 and I know that it's not an uncommon of particularly aero car. Didn't the 1st gen Insight reach 0.19?
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I believe that Honda credited the 1st-gen Insight with Cd 0.25.If that is from the JARI wind tunnel,then the car might show a more conservative Cd in a different tunnel.