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Originally Posted by extragoode
So trucks have been redesigned (comparing an '88 tacoma to a '08 tacoma) for the better and it might be a 20% improvement, but are the auto makers still "redesigning" pickups or is the best option now just an aeroshell?
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I don't think "Tacoma" existed in 1988.I think Toyota just called their pickup a Truck.A friend has a '93 Toyota,and it's architecture is very similar to the T-100,which is rated by Toyota at Cd0.44.---------------------------GM dropped the Cd on the S-10,from 0.485 to 0.42 in it's last incarnation ( about a 13.5% drop) I don't know what the older Toyota was.------------------------------ I think the spirit of the "re-design" comment,is that for existing technology of the day,and given what was understood about pickup aero,that a new softened model could easily pull off a Cd which was 20% less than models of that day (1988).I did a 74% reduction with the T-100.