I posted this in another thread. Sounds like its worth adding to this discussion:
From Entertainment Weekly, in an interview with Micheal Bay:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/05/2...hael-bay-cars/
Quote from article:
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As for the heroes, Optimus Prime is now a Western Star truck (an homage to his 1980s toy form), while Bumblebee starts out as a modified ’67 Camaro, then morphs into a 2014 custom-made version. “GM is actually shrinking the Camaro now, and we were like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa.’ So we worked with the designers, making it wider and neater,”
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If the above quote is true then we can certainly expect some weight loss. Smaller car on Alpha means decent weigh loss.