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Originally Posted by Jacky Treehorn
Porsche 911 (992) weighs nearly 3700lbs. NSX weighs 3800lbs. C8 vette 3700lbs. It's a new game out there
Buyers want all the luxuries, bells, whistles, and comfort...all while turning out highly competitive Nurburgring times. They don't want a car that lacks comfort, noise insulation, highly sophisticated electronics, dampening, ect. GT cars.
They want a car that can do it all. Mature and full size all while being capable as hell. They stuff massively powerful engines in there.
Go get groceries, bomb the highway, take a road trip, hit the track without fatiguing you too much.
M2 (or the supra) takes the place of the previous gen M3 cars that has a bit more sports car nimble feel
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What? Let’s keep it to facts vs made up weights please. A 992 is nowhere near 3700 lbs unless it’s a Targe GTS which is a heavy glass top vert with AWD and PDK.
A Carrera S is 33xx lbs
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews...y-the-numbers/
A Carrera 4S is 34xx
Even the WIDE, AWD and super GT Turbo S is only 3600 lbs - all lighter than an M2 even though the M2 is smaller and only RWD.
Fact is, cars these days are heavy. They also changed the way cars are standardized when it comes to weight. They can no longer be the lightest possible configuration. Add in particulate filters, safety features, tech, and growing sizes and the weights are increasing all around.
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Originally Posted by gtr
2020 Carrera S RWD Curb weight is 3395 lb which is the version more comparable to the G80. Are you using the targa top AWD version? We should compare apples to apples. 4 seater, RWD coupe or sedan.
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Spot on.
Also, since the way they weigh cars have changed I really only thing the M3/4 are 200-250 lbs heavier and not 300-350 lb.