Thread: 2019 Mercedes A class sedan "lowest drag of any car on sale" at Cd 0.22
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Old 07-30-2018, 07:20 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Most interesting to me.
That just means wheel air dams; I'm not sure why every manufacturer seems to call them something different (Honda calls them "wheel strakes" in the Insight press packet).
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