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Originally Posted by jamesqf
No, what I understand when I hear "frontal area" is what you'd get if you drove straight into a brick wall - the area of the FRONT of the car.
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'Frontal area' is a *******ization of 'projected frontal area'.It is the area of the shadow of the vehicle projected onto a screen,directly behind it,cast by parallel light (sunlight),from directly ahead.You'd get exactly the same shadow if the light source was from directly behind.It's merely a convention used in industry.
The area has nothing to do with the front of the vehicle.