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Originally Posted by KMK454
When GM killed Pontiac, a Pontiac design team from the 90's "Pontiac Excitement" era must have hidden somewhere in the building. They've since resurfaced a few times to design key bits of certain GM cars. The first evidence was the 2014 Camaro rear spoiler and deck-lid. Then came the Z/28 with an even bigger take on the 2014 rear spoiler, so much so that it looks like a cartoon caricature of the already cartoonish 2014 SS/1LE spoiler. Now, we have this massive cartoonish snowplow spoiler resting on the back of the Z06. This design team is smart, though, because they make their ridiculous add-ons wind-tunnel efficient and performance enhancing to ensure they survive the final cut.
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I'm pretty sure if you went deep into this one you would find that form followed function. The down force requirements were given to the aero guys, the aero team shaped it and then the styling made it look good.
I have seen it work both ways. But with something this important to high speed stability and performance, I think it started with a technical requirement.
Look at the C7R. HUGE spoiler and splitter.