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28-09-2005, 07:05 PM
منقول من سوالف
الموقع الرسمي للتاهو 2007 (http://www.chevrolet.com/tahoe/2007/)
وهنا نص الموضوع:
Tahoe has EPA ratings better than the mid-size '06 Kia Sorento.
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General Motors executives are confident the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe will sell regardless of record fuel prices. In part, they say, it's because they did their homework on aerodynamics. And that's what gives the full-size Tahoe, with its estimated 20-mpg fuel-economy rating, better EPA ratings than the mid-size '06 Kia Sorento.
John Cafaro, the top designer on the full-size truck project, says the new SUVs spent a lot of time in GM's wind tunnel, where experts who had worked on vehicles such as the Chevrolet Corvette uncovered new ways to improve the Tahoe's coefficient of drag. "They know all kinds of tricks," Cafaro says, and GM used all of them to move the Tahoe from a coefficient of 0.4 or more to a 0.36 coefficient of drag. The big changes included eliminating the gaps in the front of the vehicle so the Tahoe now offers a smooth, tailored face to the world. In addition, the gaps between the bumper and front fascia and around the headlights have been completely eliminated. Designers also changed the angle of front windshield by moving it out at the bottom. The also reshaped the A-pillar and mirrors and rounded the bottom of the doors to help make the vehicle more aerodynamic.
الموقع الرسمي للتاهو 2007 (http://www.chevrolet.com/tahoe/2007/)
وهنا نص الموضوع:
Tahoe has EPA ratings better than the mid-size '06 Kia Sorento.
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General Motors executives are confident the 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe will sell regardless of record fuel prices. In part, they say, it's because they did their homework on aerodynamics. And that's what gives the full-size Tahoe, with its estimated 20-mpg fuel-economy rating, better EPA ratings than the mid-size '06 Kia Sorento.
John Cafaro, the top designer on the full-size truck project, says the new SUVs spent a lot of time in GM's wind tunnel, where experts who had worked on vehicles such as the Chevrolet Corvette uncovered new ways to improve the Tahoe's coefficient of drag. "They know all kinds of tricks," Cafaro says, and GM used all of them to move the Tahoe from a coefficient of 0.4 or more to a 0.36 coefficient of drag. The big changes included eliminating the gaps in the front of the vehicle so the Tahoe now offers a smooth, tailored face to the world. In addition, the gaps between the bumper and front fascia and around the headlights have been completely eliminated. Designers also changed the angle of front windshield by moving it out at the bottom. The also reshaped the A-pillar and mirrors and rounded the bottom of the doors to help make the vehicle more aerodynamic.