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Originally Posted by GRU
The funny thing is there are lots of cars, like the Mazda MX3, on the road that have a "boat tail" type of back end but have a cd of about .32 which is typical for most cars, even boxy ones like the 90's Volvo's
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Full benefits of boat-tailing aren't realized until the body sides also taper in,beginning at the same place the roof begins its descent.
The Impact/EV-1 and 1st-gen Insight are probably the only 'recent' production cars to actually address this.
If things work out,and given enough time,we'll eventually make it back to 1921 technology.