Aerodynamics

A city car doesn’t need to break any speed records. What is of greater day-to-day importance is its utility. Streamlined bodywork does, however, increase the vehicle’s efficiency and produces a faster, smoother and more economic ride.

Aerodynamics has a lot less to do with flying wedge shapes and sweeping rear wings than most people think – rather it’s more about skillfull optimisation of the bodywork. The front end of the mindset is smoothly profiled, so its air intakes can be considerably reduced – no surprise, really, since an electric motor doesn’t need an outsize radiator grille.

The rear end is strongly tapered and terminates in a sharp ridge profile. An optimized, almost-fully enclosed underside finishes off the shape. The slim wheels – which at the rear are offset from the body – complete the areodynamic concept.