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Old 04-13-2009, 05:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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2010 Mazda3 sedan has a Cd of .29

First Drive: 2010 Mazda3 - More grins, inside and out

The new Mazda3 has an insanely large grill, yet it manages a .29 Cd. I'm betting we could get that down to at least .27 with an 80% grill block. Clean up the fog light area and add an undertray, possibly .26?

What I'm trying to figure out is why Mazda would leave all that open grill space in a (somewhat) wind tunnel optimized body. hmm...

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