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Originally Posted by freebeard
2010 KIA Ray concept
It looks like someone's been doing their homework. 
cptsideways -- It's hard to see anything through the dazzle camo, but you've opened a door:
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/05/vw-budd-e-concept-ces-official/
The electric 'microbus' VW showed at CES. Capsule review: It looks like a BMW i3 got humped by some Ford. The seating layout, headrest/seat belt, the slide-out running board under the side door, the slide out trunk — all good, but the curved window line and solar panels means it will never have slot windows and a sunroof.
Anyone who has soldiered uphill, in the dark and rain, in an old microbus will be dismayed by the blue strip lighting in the grille and the mid-air hand gestures to open the doors. It does have a little shelf under the dashboard, but it won't hold anything, it's just decorative.
Back on-topic: I wonder if the aerodynamics would be better with that base plate extended or retracted. 
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The base plate must be an entire fraction of the transom area,and must be at zero yaw to have a chance.
With the partial base plate,at zero yaw,if there were reattachment and vortex capture,there'd be a pressure conflict between the original wake remnant,and the smaller new wake,causing vortex-induce drag.
