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gained design experience with Mercedes. This artic was the most radical entry in the competition. The wedge-shaped, asymmetric cab should cut through the air, reducing aerodynamic drag by around 47%.
With correct gearing." says Busse. "this would lead to a 40% drop in fuel consumption." Wind-tunnel tests suggest that the shape would not reduce stability at motorway speeds, and the design included a convincing argument that with many common panels the tooling costs would not be too high to produce left and right-hand-drive variants. But the student from Minden, near Hanover, had not considered the problem of paying at conventional toll booths...
In the end our judges decided that, though the detail of the design was excellent, it would probably be less than practical.