Thread: Car & Driver Aerodynamics Test
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:10 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sheepdog 44 View Post
I call phooey on the whole thing! Maybe i'll go pick up some 19inch turbine wheels and call it a day.

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Correct; Mercedes claims .28 for the CLA250, and .22 for the CLA180 BlueEfficiency. Just goes to show how much Cd can be influenced by the details.
That's interesting, of course. The article speculates on the same theme. But .28 is still lower than the C&D tunnel offers (.30). So, I'm still wondering if the testing method makes its own noise. Did Mercedes test without the wheels spinning? That kinda thing.
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