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Originally Posted by chillsworld
Well crap... 
Maybe the plane people will have good results and inspire real world testing on automobiles some day.
~C |
Aeronautical engineer,Gary O.Wheeler,inventor of the Wheeler Vortex Generator has been active in automotive drag reduction since the 1990s,offering his VGs for those with notchback cars.There's an article about him in my photo archive.
As long as notchbacks are produced,there will always be an opportunity for drag reduction.Whether or not it makes it into production remains to be seen.
There are manufacturing considerations and aesthetic considerations.The average car buyer might never be ready for VGs.
The trend appears to be,to follow the organic forms of a hundred years ago,which don't produce separation over their body length.
Here's a 2016 HONDA FCV Concept as an example
2015 Buick Riviera Concept
An earlier 2004 HONDA IMAS,Cd 0.20
