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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
Sorry, I should have said:
Over the last 33 years I can't think of even one profesional tech paper that uses a tiny wind tunnel for full size car tests. Even at zero yaw.
I keep forgetting we're working over completely different timeframes....
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With pickups at 36-square feet of frontal area, compared to 31.5 back in Hucho's 2nd-Ed days, and full-size SUVs just as large, I suspect that that if nothing else, this 'size' issue has driven tunnel dimensions. Along with greater ground clearance, and faster legal speed limits.