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It seems every other car on the road these days has a spoiler of some description, all of which are essentially decorations on street machines running anywhere near legal speeds. (All the more reason to prefer an SVX sans spoiler.)
I'm no aerodynamicist (as you'll soon see), but it's hard to imagine how the typical wing cross-section of an SVX spoiler could provide any meaningful downforce. For comparison, consider the spoiler angle of attack (blade or wing-type) on race cars. It's primarily the angle that gets the work done, and race teams must strike a compromise between optimum downforce and angle-induced drag.
My car's character changes dramatically at speeds of over, say, 70 MPH. The ride becomes smoother, the car seems to settle, and I imagine it actually becoming lower to the ground. As it has no spoiler, I'd attribute these characteristics to a well-engineered suspension system.
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