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- From: tquinn@heartland.bradley.edu (Terry Quinn)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Worst Car Award
- Date: 27 Jan 1993 22:19:15 -0600
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- > >Ken Rothman <krothman.727987654@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> writes:
- > >> With all the advances in aerodynamics and ergonomics in design in the past ten
- > >> years (mostly on the part of European and Japanese makers), this beast is an
- > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >
- > >Apparently the Ford Taurus had little influence on the shape of cars today.
- > >In my opinion there is no car that has had a greater influence on the vast
- > >improvements of aerodynamics than the Taurus.
- >
- > >--
- > >William R. Nau
- >
- > Oh please.... don't give me that tone. I said mostly.
- > Sure, the Taurus was influential, but do you see many Citation clones?
- >
- > I said MOSTLY.
- >
- > Ken
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- I accept the fact that European and Japanese have done well with
- ergonomics, but Ken, please cite some examples of true advances in
- aerodynamics from European or Japanese manufacturers. When I
- think hard of aerodynamic advances, I see them coming "mostly"
- from U.S. marketers. Cars like the Honda Prelude are styled to
- "look" like they are aerodynamic and swoopy, but really are not.
- What matters most, appearances or results? The true test is the
- numbers. And from that standpoint, I believe one of the most
- aerodynamic _production_ cars has been the Pontiac Trans Am (since
- way back in 1984), with a drag coefficient just under 0.30.
-
- Anything out there better than that?
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- Terry Quinn
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