There was a time when maximizing aerodynamics in car design was paramount to getting the most out of fuel efficiency and minimizing drag. As I understand it, there would be wind tunnels designed specifically for this task and it always made complete sense to me. There is something so elegant about seeing air flow as it streams smoothly around a solid object.
But in recent years, all that seems to have been thrown out the window with some of the new motor vehicle designs. Have you seen them on the roads? They are shaped like boxes, apparently designed to maximize the buffeting of the air fighting its way around them while minimizing flow and efficiency. Or simply with the goal of making some sort of visual statement, physics be damned.
Sure, they might be better for packing and moving - think moving truck - but I wonder whatever happened to the science and engineering behind the study of aerodynamics?
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