"We need more aero F150" says Phord

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"We need more aero F150" says Phord - 1/31/2008 3:05:30 AM    HankL   Posts: 2718 Joined: 8/20/2005 Status: offline http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080122/FREE/860644792/1065/FREE it looks like the low Cd of the Tundra at 0.38 has got the other automakers thinking Just like the 2nd Gen Dodge Ram of 1994-2001 whose design team called it the T300, the pickup makers ought to be able to steal aero ideas from the new Kenworth T660 and similar eighteen wheelers To me the easiest 'low hanging fruit' to grab is to do away with outside rear view mirrors and substitute video cameras with thin & sleek mounts at the outside corner of the front fenders. Roughly this would improve MPG by 1 at 70 mph. The GM Avalanche and Honda Ridgeline have shown that if you add a triangular piece to the corner where the rear of the cab and cargo box side meet you get a reduction in the low pressure area that forms behind the rear window and reduce aero drag Post #: 1

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