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Originally Posted by royanddoreen
.325!!! with that shape. It looks to have the best boatail i ever saw, must be a mistake. Any other cars with a tail shape like this one? Guess i must start scearching to see what i can come up with.
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This is probably one of those "just because it looks low drag doesn't mean it's low drag."
Hucho comments on 'pseudo-Jaray' 'fastbacks' which have too steep of a roofline and suffer not only premature separation,but also horrific longitudinal vortices,adding up to high overall drag.
The Corvette of '73 was around Cd 0.5,and when Datsun (Nissan) came out with their 240-Z it was over Cd 0.5.Ferraris,Maserattis,and Lamborghinis didn't fair much better.
And we hadn't had the Arab oil embargo yet,or any full-scale wind tunnels except Lockheed Marietta,so it was mostly about styling.