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Necessity and Premises for Reducing the Aerodynamic Drag of Future Passenger Cars
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Among the ways to reduce the resistance to motion and, in turn, improve fuel economy for future mass-produced passenger cars, the reduction of aerodynamic drag is the most promising. It is shown that drag reductions of 2 5 % to 35 % are achievable in future mass-produced passenger cars. This indicates that aerodynamics alone can provide a 10 % to 15 % fuel economy improvement in future passenger cars. The development procedures, and the shape and design characteristics which lead to such mentioned drag reductions are described and analyzed in some detail.
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Buchheim, R., Deutenbach, K., and Lückoff, H., "Necessity and Premises for Reducing the Aerodynamic Drag of Future Passenger Cars," SAE Technical Paper 810185, 1981, https://doi.org/10.4271/810185.Also In
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