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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
From autoblog:
Design team leader Stuart Norris called it a "disaster for aero." They made it "big and spacious," getting a Cd of 0.32. The standard tricks of aluminum, a spoiler, underbody panels and an active grille are meant "to compensate" for it.
They killed the aero to get interior utility. On a platform who's selling point is efficiency. I'm not a fan. |
I don't get why he's blaming the size for the bad Cd. Isn't a larger car actually easier to get a lower Cd? Granted the overall drag is higher but basically this engineer is complaining they had bad aero along with a larger size, a double penalty. I think I read the 2017 Chrysler minivan is .30 Cd. Bad aero isn't because of the size, it's because of bad engineering.