Seems as though a lot of the design is copying a student project from 5-6 years ago.

This is my argument, too. I’d happily drive one (I had a LR 3 and have a LR4 that’s similar in a lot of ways) and I’m not afraid of “reliability”. But this car is overpriced and has a suspicious maintenance history.

The answer is “nice pipe”

If you want more five-dollar technical words for this phenomenon: flow detachment causes a rear vacuum, and the effect is massive for a brick-shaped truck at highway speeds. The activity in the picture below is also happening, mirrored upside-down, off the underbody of the truck, creating a nice scoop-type air current…