Best Lookng Kamm Rear Ends?

[Vanin]

I think this one has most of the qualifications!

[Vanin]

Ooooops! Simon Hadfield going for it again! No trailer queen this one.

[crostonian]

Where does the Alfa Giulia saloon fit in the definition? It's not a teardrop coupe yet the tail apparently aided the excellent aerodynamics and it was quoted in period as having a 'Kamm' tail.

[Spydaman]

Vanin said:

Spydaman said:

Does this count?

Wassat??!

One of these

[alolympic]

Shelby Daytona is pure Kamm wonderfulness.

[DonkeyApple]

Spydaman said:

One of these

Bonito? very pretty.

[Vanin]

alolympic said:

Shelby Daytona is pure Kamm wonderfulness.

I agree and was trying to post an image taken from "google images" where there is a good example but I am too stupid to work out how to paste it here.
Can anyone else find an image please?

[Vanin]

crostonian said:

Where does the Alfa Giulia saloon fit in the definition? It's not a teardrop coupe yet the tail apparently aided the excellent aerodynamics and it was quoted in period as having a 'Kamm' tail.

About the opposite of a teardrop I would think!

[Vanin]

Spydaman said:

Vanin said:

Spydaman said:

Does this count?

Wassat??!

One of these

Ok what is the prize for the first one who names it?!

[aeropilot]

Vanin said:

alolympic said:

Shelby Daytona is pure Kamm wonderfulness.

I agree and was trying to post an image taken from "google images" where there is a good example but I am too stupid to work out how to paste it here.
Can anyone else find an image please?

[Noble P4]

Another biased one I'm afraid.

[tapkaJohnD]

This one's pretty damn good - and it was made by a snowstorm!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emilymills/541121533...

JOhn

[Vanin]

tapkaJohnD said:

This one's pretty damn good - and it was made by a snowstorm!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/emilymills/541121533...

JOhn

There will be another prize for the identification of that car!

I did not realise the competition when I started. this thread so I now think that the Kamm must have some beneficial effect and not be just cosmetic .

For instance the DB6 was meant to have created about 100 lbs downforce at three figure speeds whereas the DB5 was deemed to be unstable at these speeds.

A Shelby Daytona gained perhaps 20 mph on the Mulsanne straight.

[mph]

Yertis said:

I can't find a picture of my own at the moment, but the TR6 has a splendid Kamm tail, one of the best features of the car's restyling IMO. Should always be matt black of course.

The TR6 has got to be one of the most successful modernising "tricks" ever. It looks so different from the TR5 while sharing many of it's panels.

[crostonian]

An example where the Kamm tail was certainly function over form and not really a contender for 'best looking', the Citroen SM Rally Proto;



Another Alfa, the short tail 'Coda Tronca' SZ;



And lastly, not a classic (yet), Zagato's continuation of the TZ theme, the TZ3 Corsa and TZ3 Stradale;

[//j17]

crostonian said:

Where does the Alfa Giulia saloon fit in the definition? It's not a teardrop coupe yet the tail apparently aided the excellent aerodynamics and it was quoted in period as having a 'Kamm' tail.

Think that's the old Volvo set-square school of design than a kamm tail

[davepoth]

//j17 said:

crostonian said:

Where does the Alfa Giulia saloon fit in the definition? It's not a teardrop coupe yet the tail apparently aided the excellent aerodynamics and it was quoted in period as having a 'Kamm' tail.

Think that's the old Volvo set-square school of design than a kamm tail

You'd think it'd be really draggy, but the old Giulia had a Cd of 0.34 - which for a 1960s 3 box saloon is bloody impressive, and wouldn't be seen as terrible today. The Alfa 159 had a Cd of 0.33, for example.

[roscobbc]

Kamm styled rear end - good for 160mph +

[Dapster]

2 pages in and no-one has mentioned the stunning 1984 VW Jetta?



Seriously, how about this?

[db800]