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A 43 page thread. Has this been posted yet?
http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1981_colani_2cv/
Luigi Colani himself laying down on the job in 1981.
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09-30-2015, 10:27 AM
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A 43 page thread. Has this been posted yet?
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Nice find...............I have to add to the thread now.
Ride the Machine: May 2011
More images here:
http://motorcycles.about.com/od/newb...n-the-Wind.htm
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10-05-2015, 09:01 AM
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10-05-2015, 09:07 AM
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10-16-2015, 10:39 AM
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10-16-2015, 05:44 PM
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Front Downforce -332.6lbs 216.1%
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Rake it or lower the stagnation point.
I still think the towel-rack wing could be turned upside down and make a dandy diffuser, the modern way to make downforce.
And ditch the pop-up headights for a strip of LEDs just before the front edge of the hood. |
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10-16-2015, 07:50 PM
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The race version was much lower and raked.
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10-16-2015, 09:25 PM
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And it still returned those numbers? Maybe it isn't the anti-Prius I was starting to think.
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10-17-2015, 10:43 AM
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Rake it or lower the stagnation point.
I still think the towel-rack wing could be turned upside down and make a dandy diffuser, the modern way to make downforce.
And ditch the pop-up headights for a strip of LEDs just before the front edge of the hood.
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Yup. The race cars had a huge chin soiler : 
I like this guys version modern day version : 
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10-17-2015, 11:32 AM
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The actual chin spoilers were much smaller to be legal for the NASCAR tracks those cars were built for. That one was modified for the salt flat, and 217 mph is pretty good for all of that draggy stuff on it!
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