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I can't get over how well thought out this is, styling wise. If it had a wrap around windshield and integrated fenders I could see it actually being pretty low-Cd!
^ Terrasson, Cyclope, TPV. I am in love with the Terrasson and TPV, but the Cyclope (which lead to the production model) is the most aero-looking. I am probably the only person in the world that thinks the production 2CV was over-designed.
DS styling model. Less Kamm effect here- a conservative approach.
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Too bad for that roofline flip
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11-21-2014, 10:02 AM
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I know it's hunkered on its suspension but look at the roofline of the racing SM in this shot:
I have to ask: was the racing version still FWD? Because race car.
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11-21-2014, 10:23 AM
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The Wiki page suggests it was still FWD. I mean, it's Citroen, right? They'd be crazy to do anything else! 
The DS bread van is also neat, but likely significantly less aero. Too much roof angle.
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11-21-2014, 01:59 PM
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Agreed w/Sven; the Escargot looks so refined and so right that Citroen really missed out by not offering that version OEM!
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11-24-2014, 09:33 AM
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11-24-2014, 01:34 PM
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The Wiki page suggests it was still FWD. I mean, it's Citroen, right? They'd be crazy to do anything else! |
Let's be real, you could have just said, "I mean, it's Citroen, right? They'd be crazy." and left it that. Because it's Citroen.
"Sinking outside of zee box? Qu'est-ce que ce, zees box of wheech you speak? We know of no boxes."
Also: the GM Futurliner is possibly the most amazing demonstration of art deco design applied to automotive anything, absolutely gorgeous. Nerve wracking to a driver approaching an overpass, but hey.
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11-24-2014, 01:54 PM
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Referring to Rednecks post from previous page on the Intrepid ESX series concepts: How did Chrysler not build these and instead continued building crappy 2.4L I4 and 2.7L V6 with gimped trannys that couldn't manage more than 28 MPG (Stratus et al)
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