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Old 04-06-2009, 11:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Frontal area is, as its name implies, any area you can see from the front. As illustrated in Hucho's book, if you were to park your car facing away from a wall with a single light source at infinity, the area covered by the shadow is your frontal area.

So this obviously includes objects situated under the vehicle like control arms, axle beams, or even mufflers in some cases.
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