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- From: rhorwell@atc.boeing.com (Roland Faragher-Horwell,crab)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Worst Car Award
- Message-ID: <91426@bcsaic.boeing.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:17:42 GMT
- References: <C1FJxL.2rz@ssesco.com>
- Sender: nntp@bcsaic.boeing.com
- Reply-To: rhorwell@crab.etwork-a
- Organization: I can't tell you
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- In article 2rz@ssesco.com, nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
- >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
-
- If you mean it has influenced 'the vast improvements of aerodynamics' via presence,
- then this is true, but to attribute the concept of its approach to aerodynamics to
- Ford is at best, wishful thinking. Audi (5000) had the same basic shape a full 2 model
- years before the Taurus appeared on the market.
-
- I was thoroughly amused by the ad campaign for the Taurus implying that they had
- developed something new, touting a "Fully faired-in underbody for better aerodynamics!"
-
- Citroen had this with the DS19 back in 1956! (along with a and a drag coeficient of 0.34!)
- SAAB 92/93/95/96/99 all had this too! (granted the 95/96 were 2 doors).
-
- The Taurus is a fine automobile - but it has brought nothing really new to automotive
- technology - Ford has simply borrowed from the experiments of the more ambitious,
- automakers (most of whom are in Europe and Japan as implied by Ken above).
-
- Roland
- (wearing my Peugeot-manufactured Flame-proof suit)
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