Cd started a thread about
which car's shape is closest to a teardrop shape.
Looking around on the streets I see a lot of teardrop shaped cars, but
all of them are driving backwards! The efficient teardrop shape is round in the front and tapered in the back, not the other way around, as seen in
this thread and
this video.
From what I can see, car would be much more aerodynamic if they were driven in reverse. Here's what I mean:
This is how close a 5-door Citroen C4 is to a teardrop:
And here is the same car going backwards:
Which is closer to a teardrop?
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