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Maybach - Paul Jaray e a aerodinâmica - Um olhar sobre as corridas

"The ideal way Jaray applied to a body close to the ground" in 1920
ETH Library, History of Science Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

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An Idea Crystallises
The concept of the Volkswagen as we know it begins in 1920 with the patents of a Hungarian aeronautical engineer named Paul Jaray. Born in 1899 in Vienna, Paul Jaray studied aeronautics in Prague and wrote extensively on wing design and aeronautical theory. In 1914 he joined the Zeppelin Company and rose through the ranks to become their chief designer.

Jaray recognised the importance of aerodynamic streamlining, and although he couldn't put these ideas into practice during the war, he experimented extensively in Zeppelin's wind tunnels on a range of design concepts. After the Treaty of Versailles put an end to Germany's aircraft and airship industry, Jaray turned his interest to cars. In 1922 he lodged a patent for a car design concept featuring a "half stream-lined body shell" that would "reduce the resistance of air to the highest degree attainable" by "deflecting the air chiefly upwards, as well as rearwards over its top and then down to the bottom with the least disturbance as possible."

Another key design feature was the rear mounting of the engine, which maximised the use of interior space. The design concept was so radical and exciting that it attracted immediate interest from a range of companies. Jaray consulted for companies such as Hanomag, Adler, Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, Auto-Union, Tatra, Steyer-Puch and even Chrysler in the United States, before moving to Switzerland in the late 1920s and establishing his own consulting company called Stromlinen Karosserie (streamlined bodywork).

One of Jaray's wind tunnel maquettes. This shape would form the basis of his car design patents.