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NeilBlanchard · 09-05-2013, 10:05 PM

Centering the driver makes sense when you have a low drag shape - there is simply more volume forward in the vehicle, and fitting the driver into the space between the front wheels becomes an obvious solution.

09-05-2013, 10:05 PM	#130 (permalink)
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