Interesting Aerodynamic Cars (Mike Vetter's ETV, also Avion)

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Piotrsko

Yes but GM is closing a caddy Assembly plant also. Might be underperforming. Except for china, caddies aint selling either.

On the PBS NEWSHOUR they mentioned that they're gonna take a haircut now,to limit their vulnerability,and raise capital for EV,Autonomous,plus full-size pickups,SUVs,and crossovers,as 'this is what the consumer wants'.
Sedans are dead according to demand.Motorists want a condemning view of the road.

[kach22i]

Some nice truck examples here:


Why aren’t buses and trucks aerodynamically shaped like cars?
https://www.quora.com/Why-aren%E2%80...aped-like-cars

[freebeard]

They ask why not shaped like a car and show a Luigi Colani design? That's a close as you'll get to piloting a UFO down the road.

[samwichse]

1977 Buick Skyhawk/Nighthawk

Possibly the most aero 1970's American car?

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by samwichse

1977 Buick Skyhawk/Nighthawk

Same as the Chevy Monza 2+2, my older sister's boyfriend had one.

Those rear seats are worse than a Porsche 911's of the same era.

The geometry is all messed up, I was 5'-4" tall and 125 lbs and could hardly squeeze in and out. Amy length of time back there was like a Vietnamese sweatbox.

It wasn't a Vega, Pinto or Gremlin, but that's not saying much.

The AMC Spirit came along in 1978 and was a real game changer.

I did find this.

https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Automo...ag_coefficient

....the first mass production cars without any visible rain gutters were the 1975 AMC Pacer and Chevrolet Monza.

https://www.automobile-catalog.com/c...e_305_v-8.html

Cd estimated by a-c: 0.4

I would imagine the 8-cyl above Cd is about the same as the 4 cyl the boyfriend had.

It looks like it would come close to fitting the Aero-Template, don't know why that one site estimates it's Cd so unfavorably. I must let a lot of air underneath it.

Link to photo below:
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...ick-nighthawk/

EDIT-1: I did an overlay so see what the problem was (no air attachment).

[samwichse]

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...tchT8EwlPpUWSs

How about a kammback 1980's Camaro concept...

[kach22i]

2009
Improving Aerodynamics to Boost Fuel Economy
https://www.edmunds.com/fuel-economy...l-economy.html

Slippery Styling Several automakers recently unveiled concept cars that are dramatically more aerodynamic than today's production vehicles — concepts like Volvo's 3CC (with a Cd 30-percent better than the S40) and Mercedes' bionic car (at 0.19 Cd). Could these companies be trying to gauge buyers' reactions to strikingly different designs — or even prepare us for more radical-looking vehicles to come?

[aerostealth]

Our Tesla Model 3 with 440 miles of range blog was in error!

We have removed our A Tesla Model 3 with 440 miles of range blog at EV due to math error I made in determining range. I also removed the supporting videos at You Tube for this blog. We will be posting a new video explaining our corrected math on the aerodynamic improvements. The link for my place keeping blog notification at EV World is posted above.

[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by samwichse

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/20...tchT8EwlPpUWSs

How about a kammback 1980's Camaro concept...

Look Ma, I'm a Civic!


It even has 50/50 folding rear seats.

I owned such a Civic for almost 12 years and 200,000 km. I still feel more attached to it than all the other cars and motorbikes I owned put together.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

Look Ma, I'm a Civic! ..........

My sister had a 4WD Civic wagon from the same era, it was amazing the amount of stuff she could fit into it.

Great for bicyclists that want their stuff in the car.