The Magnus Effect is why a Korean Midsize Car Exists

Kinja'd!!! "not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
07/15/2015 at 23:07 • Filed to: None

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Drop a Daewoo Magnus from a great enough height, and something rather interesting happens. In the video below, Daewoo explains the Magnus effect, and why the phenomenon can cause a car with very little appeal to sell even if it’s shit.

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DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! Amoore100 > not for canada - australian in disguise
07/16/2015 at 01:31

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You would buy it if your alternative was this:

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On a second note, the Magnus was rebadged as the Verona for the US, wasn’t it?

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It didn’t sell very well here at all...


Kinja'd!!! not for canada - australian in disguise > Amoore100
07/16/2015 at 01:36

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Here it was sold as the Chevy Epica, I don’t know a Porsche developed I6 doesn’t sound bad at all.

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Kinja'd!!! Amoore100 > not for canada - australian in disguise
07/16/2015 at 01:39

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But 155hp from a I6? That sounds terrible considering a N/A Volvo Modular I-5 gets about 18 more hp...If I really wanted an I6 I’d prefer a really cheap S80 T6 and deal with the transmission issues than have to drive an Epica/Verona...