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Originally Posted by khell86
The base mustang GT gained 70 lbs compared to the out going model. The current GT's being tested are fully loaded premium GT's with every option ticked. That is skyrocketing the weight to almost 3900 lbs. The same will happen for the camaro as well. Thats just how it works.
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The Camaro is already at that weight but it will go through a weight reduction for the 6th gen alpha chassis next year, not a weight increase. Remember for a moment that the current car is based off a very robust full-size sedan chassis so the weight was already baked in from the start which the alpha will not present this problem for the new car.
I agree that a strong competent chassis will not be ultra lite weight unless more expensive materials are used but you can look at the ATS cars for a preview of the weight possibilities that the team is working with.