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Old 12-20-2017, 02:47 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: aero...

Honda hasn't released the Cd of the 2016 Civic sedan on which this is based. The only reference I can find is:

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Class-Leading Aerodynamics
The new Civic's sleeker body design combines with aerodynamic features, including nearly full underbody covering, front and rear wheel strakes, optimized rear exhaust silencers and a highly aero-efficient engine compartment, to create the most aerodynamically efficient body in the Civic class. The 2016 Civic Sedan's Cd*A – the combination of coefficient of drag (Cd) and frontal area (A) – is improved by 12 percent over the outgoing Civic to best-in-class levels, based on Honda internal test data. The Civic aero design was optimized using a combination of advanced CFD (computation fluid dynamics), and wind tunnel testing of highly detailed 25- and 40-percent scale models and a 1:1 full-scale model.
2016 Honda Civic Sedan Press Kit - Overview - Honda News

So, it's better than the 2015 model is all we know.
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