If the shape with the least air-resistance is a raindrop 💧, why are most cars shaped like a backwards raindrop? 🚗

Question

I am basing my question off this [image](https://study.com/cimages/multimages/16/dragcoefficients8851096396303799158.png)

Edit: Okay, okay, I should have said “teardrop” instead of “raindrop.” Talking about the *actual* shape of raindrops doesn’t really help given the visuals I provided.

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Answer 1

Because having a long, tapering tail is not very practical for a number of reasons.

BTW, that shape is called “teardrop”. Raindrops are actually not shaped like that, they are shaped a bit like burgers – not a very aerodynamic shape.