2011 Audi A8 sedan: 0.26 drag coefficient

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by cfg83

Hello -

Found the belly pan :



CarloSW2

Wow......Interestingly, that is the type of coverage I was going for on the Q.

[robchalmers]

Hmmm unsurprising it looks very similar to the belly pan we've had on the Continentals and the extended one on the Flying Spur since '08.... There's group knowledge for you!!

[lunarhighway]

it looks as though the car gets smaller towards the back ever so slightly, but it's this boattailing that can make the difference between and good and a bad Cd.

[NeilBlanchard]

It looks like it has some intakes in the very front, and there are two NACA intakes. And all of the recessed bolt dimples are "stretched" to the rear.

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by cfg83

Found the belly pan :

Nice find. Was that in the Autoblog gallery? I missed it.

[vtec-e]

Sweet belly pan. Notice how it rises up to the transmission and exhaust? I guess its to provide cooling eh? And all those recessed fixing points must serve as the famous Dimples!

ollie

[cfg83]

MetroMPG -

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Nice find. Was that in the Autoblog gallery? I missed it.

It was in the *second* gallery :

2011 Audi A8 — Autoblog

CarloSW2

[Hermie]

Nice. Inspiration for my upcoming pan design. ^^ I'll probably do like this and just build it around the exhaust. Maybe I'll combine coroplast with aluminum screening to smooth out the gaps.

[thatguitarguy]

Originally Posted by cfg83

Hello -

Found the belly pan :

If my car was that purty underneath, I'd be tempted to drive it around upside down! (Or at least flip it over once in awhile to show it off.)