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California98Civic · 06-21-2018, 01:05 PM

I think you forgot the link to the article, Kach22i:

http://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSi...ml?oid=9904240

About 10 or 12 years ago, it seemed to me, Mercedes started producing a number of aero-slick body shapes. Some of them made me rethink Germany. I remember a beautiful large Mercedes coupe (CLS 550?) ten or 12 years ago with a fab bowed/arched trunk lid separation point. Beautiful car. The newer C class is slick too, though not as pretty, IMO. Audi and VW had some larger coupes with similar aero/aesthetic features at the time... all of it seems to be in line with this philosophy of "emotional" and aerodynamically effective design. They seem to be on the leading edge again. Totally took a certain kind of cutting edge lead from Toyota, whose Prius shape lots of people recoil against.

06-21-2018, 01:05 PM	#719 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	I think you forgot the link to the article, Kach22i: http://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSi...ml?oid=9904240 About 10 or 12 years ago, it seemed to me, Mercedes started producing a number of aero-slick body shapes. Some of them made me rethink Germany. I remember a beautiful large Mercedes coupe (CLS 550?) ten or 12 years ago with a fab bowed/arched trunk lid separation point. Beautiful car. The newer C class is slick too, though not as pretty, IMO. Audi and VW had some larger coupes with similar aero/aesthetic features at the time... all of it seems to be in line with this philosophy of "emotional" and aerodynamically effective design. They seem to be on the leading edge again. Totally took a certain kind of cutting edge lead from Toyota, whose Prius shape lots of people recoil against. __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread. Last edited by California98Civic; 06-21-2018 at 01:12 PM.. Reason: Link, typo... i'm done!