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Old 06-15-2011, 09:22 PM   #31 (permalink)
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They also added another rear window, stacked on top of the original but with a shallower angle. That supposedly helped with both downforce and drag.
Cool! I hadn't noticed the shallower rear glass from the photo. Thanks for pointing that out.

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