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Old 07-18-2022, 02:16 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
As Wolf H. Hucho eluded to, long ago now; whatever Hyundai's committee, who had absolute authority over design, was satisfied with what ended up to be the production specification.
' the design of a vehicle is not dictated wholly by aerodynamics.'
' To what extent basic ( streamline half- ) bodies with high fineness ratios can be used as the starting point for vehicle development depends upon the value placed upon low drag in the future.'
It appears that low drag is NOT a priority at KIA/ Hyundai/ Genesis.
I mean low drag was obviously a factor with the Ioniq and sonata being 0.24. That’s still lower than most other car companies out there. And now the new Ioniq 6 is 0.21 drag which is literally going to be the lowest mainstream production car that’s mass produced
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