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Originally Posted by aerohead
Renault's Vest II is significantly shorter than the 1st-gen Insight and is credited with Cd 0.187 vs 0.25 for Insight.
Vesta's roofline is very close to the Template.I do not have a proper plan-view of the car so I can't really address that,except that it appears to have significant plan-taper as with EV-1.
Mercedes Boxfish is also shorter,appears to be right on Template,and also has Cd 0.19.
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I'm seeing more and more vehicles which "appear" to have roof taper very close to template. Perhaps more modern windtunnel testing is showing that for a given length, better aero is achieved by keeping template taper and increasing transom area wake. I've always been a bit suspicious that these folks were just maximizing internal room.
Honda pretty clearly put the insight just on the ragged edge, a different approach. Since they were commited to a 2 seater they had options.
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