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Originally Posted by Captain Awesome
If lighter weight materials were the magic bullet, why aren't all cars made from them already by now? There must be a logical reason why they are not currently used... Hmmmmm. I wonder why they were not used previously.
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When most modern midsize 4 door family cars are coming in anywhere from 3,100 to 3,500 lbs....you know the Camaro is fat when even the V6 weighs in at 3,750 lbs.
The ATS begins at just under 3,400 lbs, and I'm sure its perfectly safe, it definitely performs fantastic, and the size is fine. Only sacrifice I see might be cost but as Apex says that will come down in time....in fact cost should not be a factor as far as the Alpha platform is concerned. Now when they begin using more light weight material like high tensile strength steel than ever before, then of course costs will increase initially.
Even with a larger, stronger drive train to handle the power, I expect the next gen SS to be somewhere in the 3,500 to 3,600 lb range.