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donee · 08-23-2008, 11:36 AM

Hi Basjoos,

Yea, I agree. The Prius got away from that front grill, with the little smile gril.

They still have the wheel house bulges on the Volt, too. Not good. This is the socalled "muscular look". Originally, those were mimics of add on fender flares. The flares were a aftermarket thing to allow safe use of bigger tires (and avoid throwing stones into other cars, or have the fender cut the tire). Over time, it became design lanquage for a car with extra HP. So, its just "leaned behavior" hogwash that they would put those into a new design, rather than something that truely improves performance.

One good thing on the wheel houses, is they have a very small gap to the tires. You cannot see that on this video so much, but go over to Charlie Rose web sight, and search on Lutz. BTW, Lutz said the production volt has a Cd of .28.

I think I will be adding the 5 mm Gurnee flap on my Prius though. I have some "FOAMIES" 6 mm thick sheet stock which I wll do this with.

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donee EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 204 - - '10 Toyota Prius III w/Navi Thanks: 4 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Hi Basjoos, Yea, I agree. The Prius got away from that front grill, with the little smile gril. They still have the wheel house bulges on the Volt, too. Not good. This is the socalled "muscular look". Originally, those were mimics of add on fender flares. The flares were a aftermarket thing to allow safe use of bigger tires (and avoid throwing stones into other cars, or have the fender cut the tire). Over time, it became design lanquage for a car with extra HP. So, its just "leaned behavior" hogwash that they would put those into a new design, rather than something that truely improves performance. One good thing on the wheel houses, is they have a very small gap to the tires. You cannot see that on this video so much, but go over to Charlie Rose web sight, and search on Lutz. BTW, Lutz said the production volt has a Cd of .28. I think I will be adding the 5 mm Gurnee flap on my Prius though. I have some "FOAMIES" 6 mm thick sheet stock which I wll do this with. Last edited by donee; 08-23-2008 at 11:05 PM..