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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
I've just re-read this. It's honestly like Aerohead doesn't realise that 80-90 percent of drag is caused by high pressures pushing backwards on the front surfaces of the car, and low pressures pulling backwards on the rear surfaces of the car.
Decrease those pressures on the front, and/or increase those pressures on the back, and you have less drag.
We don't have to compare the pressures to other shapes; we simply work on changing the pressures on the car we have.
Maybe he needs to watch the video?
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Maybe I need to ignore comparative analysis of your measured pressure profiles.
1) according to your own measurements, and all normalized to 70-mph ( 112.654-km/h ):
* the Jaguar XE has the lowest drag ( delta 379.6-pounds )
* the M-B 230 has the next-lowest drag ( delta 392-pounds )
* the M-B 211 has the third-lowest drag ( delta 397.4-pounds )
* and the 1st-gen Insight has the highest drag ( delta 660.2-pounds )
* In light of the fact that M-B 230 has the highest published drag, while the Insight has the lowest!
I find this very interesting and worthy of explanation.