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Old 01-13-2015, 06:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I'm guessing a drag increase,however,if the backlight angle is around 28-degrees,the Swift would have bi-stable flow,alternating between squareback flow and fastback flow,creating a pulsing wake which the spoiler might help attenuate.
You'll notice sharp edges on rear bumper fascias of modern cars.In an aero-accoustic wind tunnel the original bumper may have been creating this pulsing,which is fixed by the 'burst' structure,fixing the drag coefficient,and lowering wind noise.
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