[aerohead]

Newspaper editors and journalists can print whatever they like without legal requirements for rebuttal space.And they can snip and paste,using industry spokesperson comments completely out of context.So far, there is no law against it.If mediocre cars are the target for carmakers,then I applaud them! They need to receive a prize! And if the Kamm-Car,at Cd 0.37 is to be the "standard" for aerodynamic excellence,then lets dispense,once and for all,any talk of tails which might lower the Cd to 0.10 and cars with highway fuel economy in the range of 60-100 mpg.Wouldn't want to do it.As far as aerodynamics being a "black-art",I'd be happy to buy each of the carmakers a 26-Watt CFL for their windtunnel crews.Looks to me like aerodynamics has been fully understood since the day of Sir George Cayley in 1800.Newspapers.gotta love 'em!