Ask the Best and Brightest: Does Aerodynamic Equal Beautiful?
Published: February 17th, 2009
Share
Via Motorauthority come these first official images of Mercedes’ 2010 E-Class Coupe. Daimler claims a frontal Cd of .24 for its CLK replacement, “a figure that is comparable with cars like the Toyota Prius and upcoming Chevrolet Volt.” And as much as the romantic in me wants to believe that solid aerodynamics lend an innate beauty to a vehicle’s design, the three vehicles mentioned seem to make the opposite argument. What say you?
More by Edward Niedermeyer
Comments
Join the conversation
I think that good aerodynamics can create a pleasing aesthetic of pragmatism, but then you risk people noticing other less-than-pragmatic bits, like the fact that that car has tiny windows. It also a fairly busy design, and doesn't at all look aerodynamic, which would seem to be important to triggering any inherent human love of aerodynamic designs. Applying the computer simulations to any old design may very well give you a more slippery design, but I doubt any consumer is going to noticed where you shaved away at the troublesome parts.
that is such a bad picture. well maybe the car really does look that bad, there's just so many lines and so much going on. i prefer the worst of flame surfacing to the current overstyling of MB
Richard Chen: Thanks.
dgduris is absolutely correct despite his dreadful English, the Stout Scarab, the Chrysler Airflow and that Merc at the top of the page.