"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
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"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
11/21/2019 at 15:17 • Filed to: None | 0
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There’s no chance this serves an aero purpose, right?
“Fixed rear spoiler ensures both aerodynamic and aesthetic look of rear”
Aerodynamics were an important consideration within the design process and this included the novel experience for the team of running computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tests with a DBX towing a trailer with a DB6 on it . At the car’s front, the daytime running lights (DRLs) have an integrated aerodynamic duct, which channels air through the front wheel arches and along the side, helping to reduce both drag and lift while also cooling the brakes. Air flows cleanly over the roof, through the rear wing, over the rear window and on to the rear flip. This unique approach and design detail allows the rear screen to self-clear on the move. [no wiper] Aerodynamic design has also played a key part in passenger comfort because as one of only a few companies using computational aeroacoustics technology, Aston Martin’s engineers have been able to keep cabin noise to a minimum at speed.
RPM esq.
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 15:30 |
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To quote myself on the other DBX post...
That rear end looks like they were going for duckbill and got duckface instead.
Michael Cohen
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 15:31 |
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Looks like they added the bumper from a coupe and forgot the spoiler would look weird.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 15:33 |
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Wooo-0000
Tapas
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 15:40 |
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I still don’t know if it looks good or not.
I’d have to see it in person.
At least Aston didn’t torture the world with an afterbirth of a design that the slew of lifted sedans have brought upon us - X4, X6, Mache E, GL something .
Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/21/2019 at 15:47 |
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needed to see this reference
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Tapas
11/21/2019 at 15:50 |
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It’s a bit
much. Would work at half the size.
Yes, it’s better than most.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/21/2019 at 15:53 |
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Tareim - V8 powered
> RPM esq.
11/21/2019 at 16:04 |
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B eing a bit pedantic but a ducks bill is on its face
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 16:32 |
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Watch it be removed in the next generation, and years from now crossover enthusiasts will yearn for the day of classic crossover designs and they’ll take a page from Porsche’s book and release the DBX Sport Classic with the ducktail which will immediately be unavailable because Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno bought half of them and the other half went to some oil prince’s garage.
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Tapas
11/21/2019 at 16:45 |
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With the pitch of that rear glass I’d say it’s a lifted sedan
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
11/21/2019 at 16:50 |
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Ha!
Sir Halffast
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 16:53 |
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The real answer, according to the preview I saw, is that the ducktail, combined with the overhang on the roof spoiler, is supposed to redirect air and rain so that a rear wiper is not necessary.
Spanfeller is a twat
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 16:56 |
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In an age where everyone complains about cars looking the same, this feels like a good, unique feature
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Spanfeller is a twat
11/21/2019 at 17:06 |
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It’s okay, I guess, just a little overdone.
I get why they did it (for the very dramatic rear light signature).
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Sir Halffast
11/21/2019 at 17:08 |
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Wouldn’t the airflow under the roof spoiler do that by itself (without the ducktail)? Guess I need to see the smoke
trails in the wind tunnel...
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RPM esq.
> Tareim - V8 powered
11/21/2019 at 17:41 |
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I didn’t invent the term “duckbill spoiler.” I agree the term should uniformly be “ducktail,” but, well, it isn’t.
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Tapas
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
11/21/2019 at 17:49 |
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:( i want to see it in person
Its like half here, half there.....
Saracen
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 17:50 |
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It looks SO out of place to me.
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Tareim - V8 powered
> RPM esq.
11/21/2019 at 18:24 |
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The term is ducktail spoiler, just many people get it wrong
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RPM esq.
> Tareim - V8 powered
11/21/2019 at 19:19 |
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I agree that the original and more accurate term was and should be “ducktail. ” However, t o over- explain the extremely obvious , the term “duckbill, ” which is also in common usage whether you or I like it or not, works better for the joke because the joke is about a face. Now get a fucking life.
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> Saracen
11/21/2019 at 22:19 |
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I do my best to reserve final judgment until I see a car in the flesh, but yeah.
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Saracen
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/21/2019 at 23:26 |
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I’m sure my judgement will be reaffirmed when I see it in eight days.
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
11/22/2019 at 08:37 |
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not necessarily. there would still be an area of turbulant low pressure air behind the suv . B y having the ducktail it may preven t that bubble from moving up to where the window is. Thus the window F, would always have air flowing over
window
and 100 more
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
11/22/2019 at 11:59 |
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To piggyback on this, I think with the angle of the rear glass, keeping the airflow attached wasn’t a big problem, but then what to do with it afterward? I think the ducktail (woo-ooo) helps cleanly kick the flow off the rear and prevents a turbulent pocket from forming in the space between the bottom of the rear glass and the top of the bumper.
I imagine this helps prevent lift as well.