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Old 11-07-2008, 11:03 AM   #12 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille View Post
I'm skeptical about the Cds too. I'm sorry but that's highly unlikely, unless the flow never reattaches to the trunk on the sedan.

Treb, I would really be grateful if you could provide a souce for those numbers!
No source, pure speculation for an example of the large range contained within round off error.


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On a wagon the roof makes one continuous smooth curve all the way to the bumper.
Until it makes an acute angle change to make the back portion of the car o.0

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I still don't get why the new Jetta wagon is less aerodynamic than a 10 year old Passat wagon. Did VW tear down its wind tunnel recently?
I hear you.... I think it comes down to design goals... Or rather, they started off with an in style shape, then put lipstick on it to make it slightly better. When you start from a concept that was designed by people that aren't aerodynamicists...
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