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Old 03-23-2009, 04:27 AM   #11 (permalink)
lunarhighway
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But there is a genuine spoiler mounted at the middle of the back, is it helping or is just for look?
i don'tt htink it's for looks, i've seen something similar on another small car that was designed as a pure economy maschine

the citroen, AX


it has plastic panels in non load bearing areas, weighted below 700 kg, had a 0.31 Cd and could achieve over 80 mpg.

the spoiler was molded as part of the plastic trunklid, and although i don't know exactly what it's supposed to do i guess it might help to prevent some nasty vortex from forming.

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