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Old 01-11-2014, 06:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ennored View Post
The "new" Mini there is the Countryman, it's much larger than the "new" Mini circa 2001...
Point taken, but that might be more akin to comparing a 2013 Porsche Panamera to a 1963 Porsche 911.

With many cars's cross sections getting larger (both wider and taller) over time (+ people getting fatter and fatter), the Cd will be increasingly important as the area "A" continues to rise.
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