[car fanatics]

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Photo credit: Chrysler
June 1, 2012
By: CF staff

Ralph Gilles said Chrysler has realized that it will need to follow the industry trend toward sleeker cars. He said the next-generation 200 and 300 also will be sleeker.

"We'll have no choice but to be some of the most wind-swept vehicles that you've ever seen," Gilles said.

Speaking to reporters after his speech, Gilles said his design team spends between 200-300 hours in the wind tunnel (combined, as a team) analyzing a vehicle's aerodynamics during a vehicle's design process. Previously, he said, a design team would only spend around 100 hours in the tunnel.