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Originally Posted by kach22i
Absolutely wrong.
Drag happens after the highest/widest part of the vehicle, everything in front of that is air pressure build up (>250 mph), but not air compression as in supersonic traveling bullets and over 250 mph.
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As noted from the discussions above, the Caliber had fairly good aerodynamics from the roofline back to the the rear end. However, good aerodynamics on the roofline & rear only affect the air on the roofline & rear. But, poor frontal aerodynamics affects badly the aerodynamics over the whole vehicle. What made the Caliber (& all other blunt nosed vehicles) aerodynamically such a standout mess (drag coefficient 0.37) was the front end.