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Old 03-07-2012, 12:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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1954 Fiat Turbina

Fiat Turbina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The Turbina held the record for lowest drag coefficient on an automobile (0.14) for 30 years.[1]"


Turbine Speed with Style | Hemmings Motor News

"That its drag would be low was suggested by tests of a one-fifth-size model in the Turin Polytechnic's tunnel that showed a drag coefficient of only Cd=0.14."

I didn't find the statement Wikipedia cited. Is the Cd of 0.14 believable? How does the Turbina achieve it?

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