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Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead
* A delta- Cd 0.01 = delta- 0.01 mpg, Re: GM Sierra / Silverado pickups, Frank Meinert, G.M. Pickups, to Edmunds.com, 2012.
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GM's Meinert estimates that drag coefficients have improved about 30 percent in the past 32 years. A drag improvement of 0.01 equals a fuel economy increase of about 0.2 mpg in a typical car and about 0.1 mpg in a typical truck.
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Here's the article. |
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