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Edmond Rumpler, a brilliant Austrian aircraft designer, introduced his Tropfenwagen at the 1921 Berlin Auto Show. The teardrop-shaped body (tropfen translates to drop), with its curved glass greenhouse, produced a very low drag coefficient of only .28, which is on par with the aerodynamic cars of today. In addition to the shape of the body, the minimal horizontal fenders and the belly pan helped to achieve this figure. We have put together an article covering this legendary car along with a neat early MOVIE and many photos and period magazine illustrations that you can see on The Old Motor.
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