Why Is This Port in the Bumper?

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It's to reduce drag from the wheel well. Nothing to do with drag on the front bumper. Fast moving air across a cavity (the wheel well) produces a lot of pressure drag. By speeding up the air in the wheel well it brings the pressure down so it is a little closer to the pressure of the air coming around the bumper/fender. Less pressure differential means less drag. Same reason the Honda Insight used to have those terrible looking wheel covers in the rear. Wheel wells typically account for 25% of total drag.
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