Mercedes Benz To Reach .20CD In Five Years!
Mercedes Benz is planning to sell cars with a coefficient of drag less than .20 within the next five years.
With automobile companies under pressure to build greener and more efficient cars, manufacturers have started focussing on aerodynamics again to save fuel and increase efficiency.
Mercedes believes there’s a lot more to learn. The recently launched E-Class Coupe is already world’s most aerodynamic car with a cd figure of just .20
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The project manager for the car, Rainer Tiefenbacher said “There is still plenty more to come as we explore ways of improving fuel efficiency. Designers are still learning about what works aerodynamically and are having to consider it more and more when they think about how a car will look.”
“There are big steps to be made, especially around and under the engine hood. Twenty years ago we celebrated a 0.30 Cd, in five years we will reach the next big step.†he added.
The new E-Class Coupe is scheduled to go on sale in June this year.
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One hopes that the achievement of such a low drag coefficient will not happen at the expense of other things such as comfort in terms of ease of ingress and egress.
here we are talking mercedes, so dont worry comforts wont be compromised
CD and comfort? i didnt understand how can comfort play a role in CD in what sense at least?
I suppose both comments are aimed at what I had said. Drag coefficient leading to lower roof line and lower height and therefore making ingress and egress at the back especially difficult. I am not a technical person, so my question could be stupid.
nooo. you are right. but lower rooflines could be done with good headroom too line the cls and the above model shown is a coupe, so it doesnt matter with it. i guess they might be playing with tyres to reduce the rolling resistance and sleeker front to allow the smooth flow of air to reduce the turbulence
@ Ranjit. My sincere thanks to you for throwing some more light on aero dynamics. Genuinely appreciated.
Ranjit, nice light on the tech stuff…..