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Originally Posted by Bhobbs
The difference is Ford is going from an already lightweight chassis and adding IRS, updated crash requirements and increased rigidity. The Camaro is coming from a chassis designed for strength without as much regard to weight to a chassis designed specifically for high performance cars. It already had IRS, a relatively rigid chassis and one that was strengthened by adding mass. The Alpha should, or at least I would hope, have taken the lessons learned from Zeta and Zeta II so that it is both lighter and stronger.
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You've got remember though that the current alpha platform doesnt have the same wheelbase as the camaro. Increasing the wheelbase will add weight.