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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
Yes, I'd be very surprised. The only car I know of like that is the first Chevrolet Volt, and if you read the SAE tech paper, you can see why it ended up like that. Have you got some pics of cars running standard air dams and smooth undertrays?
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Originally Posted by California98Civic
That's very interesting. Why do you think so many have both undertrays and airdams? I would love to see more of the photos. I have long needed to do more under the car, but I dislike the extra access difficulties an undertray creates.
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Here are a few examples off the top of my head. Of course, the aforementioned Volt:
Also its sibling, the now-departed Malibu:
(Sorry, some of these pictures I was more interested in the wheel strakes than the air dam).
The Audi A4 uses a sectioned air dam and undertray:
So does the TT:
The Honda Clarity has this curious center air dam despite an almost completely-covered underside:
The Kia Telluride uses a full air dam, separate wheel strakes, and engine undertray:
And of course, the Mustang Ecoboost has this interesting air dam + undertray combination (this one isn't my picture):
I can't speak to
why these designs are out there. Your guess is as good as mine, which is pretty worthless without any data.
