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Originally Posted by aerohead
https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/202...-for-australiaThe greencarreports.com website is attributing Cd 0.197 to the new Prius, down from 0.24, delta-Cd 0.05, 50-counts, a 17.916% drag reduction ( Cd-wise ).
The car's supposed to be 2-inches lower.
Don't know about frontal area and CdA.
So they've caught up with the 1996 EV1, and just short of the 1990 Cd 0.196 ROVOMOBIL cardboard and duct tape special, and Cd 0.195, 1978 Daimler-Benz' M-B C-111 III ( M-H ).
Glad to see it! 
whichcar.com.an/news/2023-toyota-prius
has a photo, not exactly 'true-length, but something aerodynamically informative
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I'm seeing why Toyota waited to reveal the cD.
It's point 26, with Car & Driver giving an official figure from Toyota of .27
That's worse than the previous generation, and just matches the second.
"Perhaps surprisingly, the new Prius is not more aerodynamic than the old one. Toyota claims a drag coefficient of 0.27 compared with the old car’s 0.24. Dimensionally, it’s 1.1 inch longer, 0.9 inch wider, and between 1.8–2 inches lower than before, depending on trim level."
(I had high hopes that it was under .20 though. Bummer )
Sources :
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a4...a-prius-specs/
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/t...ng-204007.html
https://www.autoevolution.com/cars/t...hev-cvt-223-hp