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No Spoilers: Aston Martin’s “Aeroblade” Feature Provides Downforce Without the Tail

Back in the ‘80s, spoilers on performance cars were the thing. But now they look kind of crass and they spoil, for lack of a better word, the visual lines of the car.

Aston Martin’s design team has thus designed their DB11 with an “aeroblade” feature: Air gets sucked into vents aft of the rear passenger windows, then shoots out of a vent in the deck lid, providing downforce without requiring that absurd whale tail.

The rest of the car doesn’t look—nor sound—too shabby either!

If I knew anybody who had this car, I would wait until they left it unattended, then I’d totally load that air chamber up with glitter.

http://www.core77.com/posts/58741/No-Spoilers-Aston-Martins-Aeroblade-Feature-Provides-Downforce-Without-the-Tail