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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I believe my TSX looks quite nice, and it has a Cd of .27. How can an all electric vehicle with no radiator grill have a less efficient design than my car, which was likely designed primarily to look cool?
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The LEAF has a tall hatch which greatly improves interior room. Traditional cars with a similar overall shape typically have a Cd in the low 0.3x range.
Could Nissan have made it more slippery? Definitely - but at the expense of function and cost.
For sure, an active grill shutter, lower ride height, more aerodynamic wheels, less head room all could have contributed to lower Cd (probably getting it down to Prius territory) but overall Nissan did a good job for their first iteration.