Photo Gallery «The renaissance of the long tail»
In 2015, Mercedes-Benz presented an aerodynamic study with a boat-tail rear end, citing predecessors that date back almost to the early days of automotive engineering. By means of a brief excursion into the laws of aerodynamics and a historical review, this article shows why Mercedes chose this path and what can be implemented better today than 50 or 100 years ago.
Auto Union record car (1937) - Bernd Rosemeyer drove it to record speeds - recorded in 2009
© Martin Schröder, 1937
Porsche 907 Longtail (1968) - the winning car of Daytona - offered at the Gooding & Co auction in Amelia Island on March 7, 2014
© Mathieu Heurtault - Courtesy Gooding & Company, 2013
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