10-02-2013, 03:58 PM
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MK4 Jetta
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10-03-2013, 01:15 AM
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Up has a good shape. follows template right from the windscreen.
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10-03-2013, 09:14 AM
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My 1998 Toyota T-100 xtra cab 2WD auto with my aero cap...
With my single wheel trailer to be used as a boat tail platform... 
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10-03-2013, 07:11 PM
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Up has a good shape. follows template right from the windscreen.
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The 2016 Golf is reported at CD 0.24,same as today's Tesla S.
I've not seen the Golf accept in an orthogonal view but I suspect that it's also close to the AST.
Kamm's best was Cd 0.23,so automakers are getting into late-1930s aero territory with 'practical' lengths.
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10-03-2013, 10:02 PM
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the mk 7 golf is already following AST
are here are the two tesla: S and Roadster
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10-03-2013, 10:05 PM
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1st generation Saturn S-series 4 door:
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10-04-2013, 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by aerohead
The 2016 Golf is reported at CD 0.24,same as today's Tesla S.
I've not seen the Golf accept in an orthogonal view but I suspect that it's also close to the AST.
Kamm's best was Cd 0.23,so automakers are getting into late-1930s aero territory with 'practical' lengths.
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10-04-2013, 05:04 PM
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less than
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Well, it should take them less than eighty more years to improve on 1930s aerodynamics.
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I think so.CAFE standards are a real driver for technology and aero is no-cost,off-the-shelf tech which has just languished for longer than I like to think about.
Super cars will drive the 'look' of performance.The roof-lines are already there (Bugatti).Once they begin to narrow with plan taper,the drag will begin to fall.
The luxury car segment is chipping away also.
Bentley Continental GT and 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith will be altering perceptions about 'styling' in this other rarefied market segment.
As consumers warm up to the 'weird' high-performance shape automakers will feel less skittish about pushing the styling envelope a bit further.
Interesting times! 
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10-05-2013, 08:36 AM
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the new mazda 3 is coming out.
class leading Cd: 0.275 for hatch, 0.255 for sedan. Also featuring a 1inch lower roof line from previous generation. it shows in the profile
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10-05-2013, 10:15 AM
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I have never been very confident that the plan view image is correct. It was for the greenhouse, when I was experimenting with raised trunk lids. But here you go, for general review.
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