[lunarhighway]

teh opel insignia that's just lanched has a 0.27Cd... a special "green" version wich is a little lowered has 0.26

this is a big 4 pasenger sedan and hatchback... just slap a different front bumper on it (and that's not even difficult as the panal lines seem to sugest the cars face comes of in one piece) et presto a chevrolet.

not saying this car's underlaying structure will permit easy convertion to an EV, but really....

this car can park shamlessly next to the newest bmw's merc's and audis. it's a low drag car that doesen't look like a jelly belly bean on wheels. make it electric and it will sell (well it would before the crisis hit)

yet the same people who brought (and took from you) the ev1, now think the brick is the most aerodynamic shape on the planet...

on the other hand it must be noted that in the late 80's and early 90's those opel models, of wich most had Cd's below 0.3... where regarded as boringly styled, without much character... an image opel strugled with for years.