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Cd · 08-11-2012, 05:59 AM

I often wonder how a design like this one got accepted by the public.
This car certainly resembles a 'submarine' yet people bought it.

Sad that all that swoopy style was overdone, and the Cd actually stayed the same as the previous generation ( actually worse .32 vs .29 on a Sable ) All the angles were wrong for good aero on that car.

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Cd Ultimate Fail Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 3,585 Thanks: 2,872 Thanked 1,121 Times in 679 Posts	I often wonder how a design like this one got accepted by the public. This car certainly resembles a 'submarine' yet people bought it. Sad that all that swoopy style was overdone, and the Cd actually stayed the same as the previous generation ( actually worse .32 vs .29 on a Sable ) All the angles were wrong for good aero on that car. Last edited by Cd; 08-11-2012 at 06:06 AM..