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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
You were not in the development meetings, I suspect...
There are many, MANY factors to consider from an OEM standpoint that makes reducing weight a helluva lot more complex than just.....removing the mufflers, for instance. Weight was a high priority for the team, because it effects everything: Fuel economy, acceleration, handling, cost (indirectly), etc. They DID manage to remove about 150lbs from a comparable G8 (the only other car in NA on a similar platform.)....so to pretend they didn't care about it is kind of silly.
I'd also like to point out that even the M3 weighs 3700lbs, and it's a smaller vehicle using exotic materials.
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I could of been in the development meetings.. nah i wasnt..
but GM put out early before car was being sold that the car gained some weight because the car was going to be a 5 star all around on the crash test.. I dont like heavy cars but really not much you can do now a days unless you loaded for a full exotic. They all are heavy. Challenger, Mustang, camaro, GT500, even nissans Z is starting to get up there now.
Probably has to do with the crash test. Crash test have gotten harder to get 5 stars then in the past. More material absordes more of the impact..
I'll bitch and I'll rank but we all know 3000lbs cars arent going to happen in full size sports car unless you ready to pay $80K