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Old 09-09-2011, 03:47 PM   #198 (permalink)
orbywan
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Originally Posted by kach22i View Post
Wow, I didn't think it was this far off.

Automobile pictures by kach22i - Photobucket
Makes you wonder. The people who built this vehicle are presumably very smart when it comes to aerodynamics. Did they test shapes that were closer to the template shown and get negligible improvements over the current shape or are they more worried about how it looks?

If they made the windshield fit the template in the front we'd be talking big bucks, but from the roof high point back it looks like they could have done way better. Conforming to the template it would have a very similar shape as a Pruis in that back area. Maybe that's why they didn't do. Sorry, just thinking out loud.
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