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Originally Posted by gogogo
It is ironic but sports car generally has bad aerodynamics.
The worst is round car like TT and bug. The aerodynamics of TT was so bad, its got a rear wing shortly after to make the car stable but the wing itself is a drag.
I imagine Elise is one of the worst as well, considering how much curves it has around the side of the car. Lotus knows it and they made the side flat on the TwoEleven track car for the perfomance purpose.
The best ones are probably Prius and Insight.
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No. You are talking about two different concepts simultaneously. Drag and lift. The TT has very low drag. The round egg shape is very aerodynamic from a standpoint of low drag. However, it is lift that causes instability at high speeds. The prius and insight are probably very unstable at high speeds because they doubtfully have anything in their design to generate downforce. The reason you don't hear about them as being unstable is because no one drives them at 100 mph.
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