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Originally Posted by mjd77 I don't buy that "we can't make cars much lighter because of safety regulations" crap. If safety regs. cause a need for added weight, how does

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Old 05-15-2011, 08:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I don't buy that "we can't make cars much lighter because of safety regulations" crap. If safety regs. cause a need for added weight, how does Lotus get away with a 2100 lb car with 200hp?
There are rumours that the FR-S might be around 2200 lbs, but don't take my word for that.
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There are rumours that the FR-S might be around 2200 lbs, but don't take my word for that.
Not in a million years. A 2010 Miata weighs in at over 2400 lbs.
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There are rumours that the FR-S might be around 2200 lbs, but don't take my word for that.

The concept 1 car supposedly weighed in at 1000KG -- which is about 2200 lbs, but there's no way that will make it into production -- I dunno whether that even made it into concept 2. I'd be happy with 2700lbs. Given today's weights, that's a lightweight car
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