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Originally Posted by aerohead
Fiat is currently producing a JEEP and Dodge RAM pickup with air suspension which lowers the vehicle for better mpg on the highway.
The air wants to see a car which is 5X as long as it is high.Anything you do to lower a car,moves it in this direction,improving it's effective fineness ratio.
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I've read there is a sweet spot for ground clearance; lowering typically improves aero but there is a point at which further lowering starts to make the aero worse again.