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Originally Posted by kach22i
Those issues aside, I'm still wondering why we don't see mirrors like I've drawn everyday.
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I know you said those issues aside, but IMHO it boils down to: cost and styling. Manufacturers provide the mirror that allows the driver to see well to the rear at the lowest possible manufacturing cost that complies with regulations. But it has to look good enough for consumers to buy it. So they put a slab of glass out there and wrap it in something that they think looks halfway decent. They're not going to spend 2, 5, or 10 times the money to get a .1 mpg increase with an aero mirror that the majority of consumers won't like the looks of.