Added: 24 February 2022
ŠKODA’s latest models are more aerodynamic than a bullet!
ŠKODA’s latest models include a range of innovative design features, which make them the most aerodynamic cars in their class.
The new fourth-generation FABIA achieves its remarkable efficiency of just 0.28Cd thanks to many enhancements developed over the course of thousands of simulations and fine tuned by frequent test drives. Despite being larger than its predecessor it boasts an improved drag coefficient of almost ten per cent.
Improving the aerodynamics and reducing drag is especially significant in the case of EVs, as reducing drag is the key to improving the range of battery-powered models. The ŠKODA designers ensured the ŠKODA ENYAQ COUPÉ iV benefitted from as many aerodynamic enhancing features as possible, achieving a drag coefficient of 0.23.
Innovations with ŠKODAs latest designs, mean that not only do the latest models lead the way in their respective class, but they also leave several other surprising rivals in their wake as well. The image of a speeding bullet cutting through the air may well be one of the most evocative notions of a streamlined object, but with a drag coefficient of 0.30, it is in fact significantly less aerodynamic than both the ENYAQ COUPÉ iV and new FABIA.
While the iconic 1980s wedge-shape of the Ferrari F40 remains one of the most recognisable supercar designs of all time, its drag coefficient of 0.34 is trumped by the KODIAQ’s 0.31. Thanks to its array of downforce-generating components, meanwhile, a modern Formula 1 car lags even further behind, with a coefficient of just 0.7. Perhaps most surprisingly of all, though, the FABIA, ENYAQ COUPÉ iV and KODIAQ maintain their aero advantage even against spacecraft such as NASA’s Mercury-Atlas rocket, which had a drag coefficient of up to 0.55 when travelling at Mach 1.5. There’s still a long way to go before automotive design catches up to nature, however, with small birds achieving a remarkably low coefficient of just 0.08.
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