BODY STRUCTURE


  1. CONSTRUCTION


    1. Aerodynamic Parts


      1. Aerodynamic parts are provided on various parts of the vehicle and the Cd level* is reduced to achieve improved fuel efficiency.

        Tech Tips

        *: The Cd level refers to the air resistance coefficient. Cd stands for Constant drag. The lower the level is, the lesser the air resistance is. This improves fuel efficiency.


        • A front wheel opening extension pad No. 1 (*1 in illustration) and step panel RR (*4 in illustration) are provided to restrain the air volume that contacts the rotating tire. As a result, disturbances due to air turbulence from the rotation of the front tire interfering with the air flow around it are suppressed and the air flow is adjusted to ensure a higher dimension of straightline stability when driving at high speeds while reducing air resistance.

        • The front spoiler (*2 and *3 in illustration) directs air flow away from the underbody to over the smooth body therefore reducing drag.

        • The front spoiler (*2 and *3 in illustration) adds downforce which increases vehicle stability.

          Figure 1. Spats and Spoiler (The illustration shows an example)

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          *1 Front Wheel Opening Extension Pad No. 1 *2 Front Spoiler RH
          *3 Front Spoiler LH *4 Step Panel RR
          *a Downforce - -
          B002NKU Airflow - -

        • An aerodynamics bead is provided in the front fender splash shield sub-assembly (*1 in illustration). As a result, airflow in the wheel housing is introduced to smoothly flow parallel to the tires to make it flow in the wheel housing smoothly, thus ensuring superior maneuver stability.

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          *1 Front Fender Splash Shield Sub-assembly *2 Front Tire
          *a A - A Cross Section *b Aerodynamics Bead
          *c Airflow from Front of Vehicle *d Airflow from Inside of Vehicle

        • The outer rear view mirror assembly uses an aero stabilizing fin to adjust airflow and ensure superior driving stability.

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          *1 Outer Rear View Mirror Assembly - -
          *a Aero Stabilizing Fin - -
          B002NKU Airflow - -

        • An aero stabilizing fin is provided on the rear combination lamp assembly and a type of aerodynamic technology known a vortex generator is used for the fin. Small vortexes are purposely generated in airflow to push the vehicle from the left and right sides, thus achieving excellent operation stability.

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          *1 Rear Combination Lamp Assembly - -
          *a Aero Stabilizing Fin - -
          B002NKU Airflow - -

        • On models with the front fender mudguard, aerodynamics of the front fender mudguard (*1 in illustration) is improved by adding wall and corner roundness of front fender mudguard to make airflow be sleek.

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          *1 Front Fender Mudguard *2 Front Tire
          *a View from A *b B - B Cross Section
          *c C - C Cross Section *d Wall
          *e Airflow from front side of the vehicle (Outside) *f Prevent from joining airflow for outside of vehicle
          *g Make airflow be under front fender mudguard *h Added Corner Roundness
          *i Prevent from joining airflow for beneath of the vehicle *j Airflow from beneath of the vehicle

        • On models with the rear body mudguard, aerodynamics of the rear body mudguard (quarter panel mudguard rear: *1 in illustration) is improved by adding corner roundness of rear body mudguard to make air flow be sleek.

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          *1 Quarter Panel Mudguard Rear *2 Rear Tire
          *a View from A *b B - B Cross Section
          *c C - C Cross Section *d Added Corner Roundness
          *e Airflow from rear side of the vehicle (Outside) *f Airflow from beneath of the vehicle
          *g Prevent from joining airflow for beneath of the vehicle *h Make airflow be sleek

        • Improve aerodynamics by adding quarter pillar fin garnish (quarter window molding UPR: *1 in illustration) to make airflow sleek.

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          *1 Quarter Window Molding UPR *2 Quarter Window Assembly
          *3 Back Window Glass - -
          *a A - A Cross Section *b Airflow from front side of the vehicle
          *c Make airflow be sleek - -

        • Reduction of aerodynamic drag by increasing the spoiler sub-assembly RR (*1 in illustration) length, resulting improved fuel efficiency.

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          *1 Spoiler Sub-assembly RR - -
          *a Smoother Airflow - -