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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    Title :

    Necessity and Premises for Reducing the Aerodynamic Drag of Future Passenger Cars


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE International Congress and Exposition ; 1981



    Publication date :

    1981-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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