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Old 09-10-2020, 08:26 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vman455 View Post
Will never happen in a production car. Hucho doesn't think so, either--I asked him, and he wrote, "Now, more than 40 years later, cD = 0.20 seems to be possible for cars manufactured in large volume. And that’s it."

You can go on wishing for unicorns to become real. Or...you can be happy we have horses and look for the best horse possible.
I've skipped through a lot of this thread but I 100% agree with the above. "The juice has to be worth the squeeze."

At some point it is not worth the small increase in efficiency to lose comfort, capability, style, safety, etc.
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