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Originally Posted by FunkSkunk
I have a side question: Which body type is more aerodynamic in the stock form? Hatchback or Coupe?
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It depends on the car.
For example with a 5th generation Honda Civic :
According to Road&Track " Clamback or Hatchback, its lines are a crisp extention of a style easily recognizable as far back as the third generation Civic, changed mainly in its stretched roofline and a tougher, muscular impression along its flanks.The Sedan is more dramatically recast , no longer quite so blue collar utilitarian , but more a flowing design better in step with both fashion and aerdynamics .
The Hatchback slips through the air with an impressive 0.31 coefficient of drag ( the VX model slightly better owing to a small underbelly fairing ) , while the Sedan posts 0.32."
Other cars usually are better in coupe form.