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      01-12-2009, 09:35 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by DougLikesBMW View Post
You're right, I'm so surprised Ferrari hasn't encorporated this into their design.
Because a typical hybrid car is designed to have the lowest coefficient of drag and maintain usable storage space, while a Ferrari has to deal w/ lift and drag while maintaining a exotic shape (and not necessarily useful *******. That's why lift/drag ratio is a big factor in racing design. Lift is a non-factor for pretty much any econocar, and looks certainly aren't the biggest factor either
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