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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
Classic example of Aerohead changing the proposition. Now it's not about fastback cars, now it's about - well... I don't know quite know what.
Can someone explain?
Reading it again, I think it might be Aerohead telling Porsche how they could have made things so much better by following a mythical streamline body - one that apparently has low drag and low lift!
Gosh, what a shape that would be - and yet, as far as I know, no-one has ever produced such a road car with this measured data (low drag and zero lift) available.
All these professional car company aerodynamicists, yep, they're just stumbling about in the dark waiting to hear from Aerohead.
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1) Porsche used it on the 1997 911 GT1, 918 Spyder rear buttresses.
2) Daimler-Benz used it the next year on their 1998 M-B CLK GTR.
3) McLaren will use Jaray's 1922 Cd 0.13 pumpkin seed contour for the Speedtail.
4) BMW's i8 is right on it.
5) Honda's Insight-II
6) Hyundai's IONIQ
7) KIA Stinger GT
8) M-B Bionic Boxfish
9) Renault Vesta-II
10) Ford Probe-V
11) GM's Vauxhall/ Opel Flextreme
12) Volkswagen XL1
13) Cambridge University's CUER solar racer is quite close.
14) Toyota's Prius is close.
15) Nissan LEAF is dead on.
16) Chevrolet Volt.
17) Chevrolet Bolt
18) Chevrolet SPARK
19) Mitsubishi Mirage 'G'
20) Mitsubishi i-MiEV
21) Volkswagen 'Flow' body is very close.
22) De Tomaso Pantera
23) DeLorean
24) Tesla Roadster-II
The list goes on and on.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then there's quite a list of cars in which the rear spoilers mysteriously ascend upwards, then terminate exactly at the 'template.' Ferrari, Ford, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lexus, Citroen, Corvette, Alfa Romeo, Audi, Lotus, Peugeot, Porsche, Saleen, Peter Brock, Carrol Shelby, Bristol, ........................
When it really matters, they'll lower themselves enough to use it.