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Originally Posted by Vman455

I don't think that's analogous; wings are attached to bodies that carry people, cargo, etc. In cars, the bodies are the shapes, and also have to be optimized for carrying people, cargo, etc. and have wheels that roll and turn and move in ground proximity and look good to potential consumers and satisfy federal and/or EU requirements for lighting, bumper heights, and safety and.... By the time all those constraints are applied, you end up very far from theoretically-optimized basic shapes, whereas a wing on an airplane can be very close to the theoretically-optimized profile.

Ignoring pedantics, all the constraints mentioned can be resolved by simply re-configuring the ink on the page.