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Originally Posted by arcosine
Sorry, but show me one on an airplane that's mounted backwards..
Its hard to believe that a notchback will suck that much more air out of the front wheel well. Maybe the notchback has lower overall drag and thus the open wheel well adds a proportionally larger amount.
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Cd of notchback with out moving ground simulation = 0.286
Cd of Notchback with moving ground simulation = 0.277
Cd of SquareBack/Estate with out moving ground simulation = 0.318
Cd of SquareBack/Estate with moving ground simulation = 0.319
http://delphi.com/pdf/techpapers/2012-01-0168.pdf