aerohead -
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Originally Posted by aerohead
Hucho would say that the wagon is 'overshooting' the 'Template' and with the hyper-curvature it's losing pressure regain necessary for lower drag.
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Ok, I'll try to use that phrase from now on.
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I'm guessing that the tumblehome for the coupe,sedan,and wagon is the same,but the wagon may not have plan curvature of the greenhouse like the other two styles.
Today's Cadillac CTS Wagon has its roof pulled down to the 'Template' but suffers from its slanted chop,where Honda and Mazda etc. do the textbook Breer/Fachsenfeld/Kamm/Korff breadloaf chop.
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At this 'length' Vesta II and Boxfish are already down to Cd 0.19 although their plan taper begins in the front doors like Impact/EV-1
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In a perfect world,all cars would be provided with at least 3-view images.Flow is 3-D,we need to know what the car is shaped like in 3-D
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That does exist for a few cars. If you go to this e-bay store :
CAR LOVER SHOP and A LIL MORE STORE items - Get great deals on BROCHURES ARTICLES items on eBay Stores!
You will see little pamphlet thingies like this :
1998 FORD TAURUS SHO ORIGINAL IMP BROCHURE 98 96-99 | eBay
I went there and got an EV-1 pamphlet that I put in my EV1 album :
The problem is that your car really needs to be special or a classic. It's hit and miss.
CarloSW2