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Old 04-30-2011, 03:19 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by donee View Post
Yea,

The 2006 has a Cd of .26, with a 5.83 CdA, while the 2010 has a Cd of .25 with a CdA of 5.84. Those CdAs are very approximate, using just height and width , and not a shaddow area. The 2010 has significantly larger mirrors, and wider tires (195s versus 185's).
But the new Prius has nice and sharp trailing edges whereas the former has rounded (bad).
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