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Old 04-19-2021, 07:35 PM   #146 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Julian Edgar
So more depends on car design than engine power.
Case in point: the 1947 Volkhart-Sagitta versus the KdF-Wagen Typ 60 aka Beetle. Chassis and engine are identical, only the body shape and it's material (steel==>aluminum) change. Cd went from ~041 to 0.21 or less depending on the tunnel. Thirty-three post thread here.
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