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Old 10-16-2015, 03:41 PM   #1707 (permalink)
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That thing needs an air dam real bad. The nose is way too high.
The rear window is just a bit too steep, which imho is the worst you can do. Make it real steep and it would cause less drag.
It is a long car - length has no effect on Cd, it just adds more surface to have drag on -and I bet the underside is one big aerodynamic mess.
The wing just enlarges the wake.

Cd 0.4? They must have been doing something right too then!
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