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Did you ever wonder why...?
They flattened the shape of the rear wheel arch for production cars?
The original prototype had round arches, which looked better with the wheels. A last minute design change by Giugiaro? Subaru? .
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
I really like the proto type.
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
I was JUST thinking about this. It would make our cars look a lot less like they had a saggy rear end, too.
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
after looking at the prototype and the real car i think the reason is that the production car is shorter then the prototype hence the flattening of the arch, if it was round it would have eaten into the body line of the flare. if you look at the front you'll notice there is a lot more guard then the production model
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
An opportunity missed IMHO. The equal cutouts look so much more balanced.
Gene
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
The squared off arch is a very dated design cue and something I'm not a big fan of. I suspect though that it may contribute to the car's aerodynamics. From what I've been able to puzzle my way through the upper rear area of a wheel tub is a high pressure zone, and having a larger opening in that corner while squaring off the top to minimize the overall open area might give the best ventilating effect and reduce drag.
*disclaimer: I'm no aerodynamicist, this is just my suspicion from eyeball and some research. Still, I think it looks like junk, particularly on a lowered car. Here's one of the sketches I've done up for the restoration of my car. I intend to raise the top of the arch slightly and fill in the flattened area to create a round profile that resembles the front wheel. This will also entail modifying the bumper and skirts to help fill in the open space: Once I complete my 3D model of the SVX I'm hoping to use it to perform some CFD analysis and comparisons to the body modifications I want to do. I'm not worried if I don't match the .29 cd of the real car, just looking for comparative analysis. It would be interesting to see if that sheds any light on the design of the SVX.
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Re: Did you ever wonder why...?
I actually Like the flatter Arch on the SVX, it goes better with the body lines, but to each their own.
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