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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

WHY DOES THE 2014 CORVETTE STINGRAY HAVE SO MANY VENTS? HERE'S WHY



By Jeffrey Ross, Autoblog.com - Just looking at the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, it's not hard to see that the car's design was created with aerodynamics at the forefront, but Chevrolet designers point out exactly what went into designing the iconic coupe in a pair of recently released videos.  The videos show the Corvette going through early design phases, including clay models and wind tunnel tests, as well as talking to the car's chief engineer, Tadge Juechter.

The aero tuning of the car is the most interesting.  This includes extra attention paid to the lower air dam and vented hood to help reduce drag and lift, while the rear quarter inlets are for differential and transmission cooling.  Juechter said that some of these aero-tuned elements were inspired from GM's involvement in racing.

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