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Old 10-04-2013, 02:13 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
The 2016 Golf is reported at CD 0.24,same as today's Tesla S.
I've not seen the Golf accept in an orthogonal view but I suspect that it's also close to the AST.
Kamm's best was Cd 0.23,so automakers are getting into late-1930s aero territory with 'practical' lengths.
Well, it should take them less than eighty more years to improve on 1930s aerodynamics.
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