Designing an FE Car from the ground up.

[GasSavers_DaX]

I can't believe someone posted a picture of The Wraith. What a b!tchin' movie.

[chesspirate]

In designing a FE car from the ground up, one of the points mentioned is storage space.

I'd like to suggest a matching trailer option. A very aerodynamic trailer.

I've read on here before that some vehicles when followed by a well designed trailer allow the vehicle pulling it to get better fuel economy numbers.

It would be smallish, lightweight etc. and the car would have to be fashioned with a rinky-dink hitch.

something to ponder

[The Toecutter]

A better idea for storage space is to simply elongate the car, make it bigger.

That way, to can allow a longer taper of the 6:1 fineness ratio in the rear, reducing drag coefficient further.

A full size car can more easily obtain a low drag coefficient than an econobox!

Think of something as long as a Ford Excursion, but with the height and width of a normal midsize car. Imagine all that trunk space that one could have and all the interior room!

[chesspirate]

okay, COD is one thing, but what about weight?

With a trailer option it could be used when necessary. not all driving is on the freeway

also, vehicle length isn't something i want to add to my perfect FE vehicle

[The Toecutter]

Much of the weight in today's cars is useless fluff added to the interior. Many new cars are loaded with 400-600 pounds of unnessessary sound deadener, used as an excuse to inflate the price of the vehicle and compensate for the road noise and improper weight districution caused by a poorly engineered design.

Take note that many of the classic musclecars weigh hundreds of pounds less than the 'lightweight' BMW Z4s and Porsche Boxters of today.

Just recently, two cops in my city got into a wreck. The dashboard in their Crown Vic broke and fell onto their legs, snapping their bones like twigs.