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The Persu Streamliner from 1923, designed by Romanian engineer Aurel Persu – the first car designed with aerodynamic principles. It cornered at 60km/h – insanely fast in its day. With an incredibly low drag coefficient of 0.28 (same as a modern Porsche Carrera) This drag coefficient was far better that the 0.8–1.0 common with automobiles used at that time. This allowed for the fuel consumption to decrease 4–5 timesIt was the first car to have the wheels inside its aerodynamic line, which we take for granted today. This meant that the car could safely negotiate curves at up to 37 mph.In saying all that, good god what an ugly thing it is.