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MetroMPG · 11-28-2007, 12:27 AM

If you look through the ABG Fusion 999 gallery, you can see they used wheels with a different offset (and narrower tires) that let them completely "hide" them (from airflow from the front) within the wheel wells.

Obviously the overall shape of the car is fine if they got it down to .21. It's on the details where Ford messed up.

11-28-2007, 12:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
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