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Old 12-27-2013, 10:41 PM   #263 (permalink)
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Thanks. I've bookmarked the blog. I wonder how they'll hold their value against depreciation. I've never bought a new car.

There's always one in every crowd. The new headlights are too close together. Oncoming drivers will mis-judge the distance and make left turns in front of you. I would have moved the bug-eye pods up and rotated them 45°. Then they could pre-qualify the airflow around the rear view mirrors.

Then there's the fenders. I like the simpler design, but you're on a roll so I'll just say the front profile could mimic the nose more closely, and the rear should resemble the rear of the car. At least a 'family' resemblence.

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The other change that you may have noticed is the fender on the front wheels has been expanded and made to be more aerodynamic. This area was very “noisy” when it comes to aerodynamics and the new style makes it much more “slippery” and helps us get to the 84 mpg highway.
Anything you can share on this part of the subject? Tuft testing? Wind tunnel? CFD?
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