Holden Commodore Aerodynamics
Just been looking at the drag drag coefficient of Commodores over the years and noticed I couldn't find the VE Commodore and FG Falcons figures.
(Funny that now the VE Series 2 was released with its aero improvements, Holden was willing to release the VE's aero figures to show off how much better the Series 2 was. Shame it is still not even better than the VT/VX shape let alone VY/VZ)
Now a cars total aero drag is its drag coefficient (how slippery it is) multiplied by its cross sectional area (how wide and tall it is).
So a small car with a drag coefficient of 0.30 will have less aero drag than a large car with the same drag coefficient of 0.30 because it has a smaller cross sectional area.
Here is the drag coefficient details of some cars I have found...
VL Commodore = 0.43
VL Group A Walkinshaw = 0.32
VN Commodore = 0.34
VN Group A = Less than 0.30
VT Commodore = 0.32
Monaro = 0.31
VX Commodore = 0.329
VX Commodore SS Spoiler = 0.354
VY Commodore = 0.319
VY Commodore S Spoiler = 0.326
VY Commodore SS Spoiler = 0.334
VE Commodore = 0.354
VE Commodore Series II = 0.330
VE Commodore Series II + Rear Wing = 0.35+
VF Commodore = 0.30
WK Statesman = 0.30
ECOmmodore = 0.28
XF Falcon = 0.42
EA Falcon = 0.34
EF Falcon = 0.31
AU Falcon Sedan = 0.295
AU Falcon Wagon = 0.341
2010 Toyota Prius = 0.25
2002 Toyota Camry = 0.30
2003 Toyota Camry = 0.29
2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid = 0.27
2007 Toyota Aurion = 0.301
2007 Toyota Aurion Sportivo = 0.292
1996 TE Magna = 0.28
Last edited by galahs; 02-17-2013 at 04:10 AM..
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