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I just realized my honda S2000 MY00 weights 2809 lbs… I still remeber a discussion with an Elise owner about tbe fact the S2k was too heavy. �� see where we are now.
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Between the S3 Elise and S2000 it is 360kg or so kerb weight difference (900kg vs 1260kg), percentage wise 40% higher weight. Dynamically that % change can give a car somewhat different characteristics that the heavier model can’t easily emulate, but I don’t think a similar “tossability” is out of the question. 40% is not the widest range in sporting road legal cars, though.
My Caterham is 525kg kerb weight and manual M2 is 1700kg, for a 224% difference, so the characteristics are very different and there is no way to engineer the M2 to feel like the Caterham or nothing that Porsche has in it’s range that comes close, either.
Weight optimization on the M2 will subtlety tweak the characteristics, but engineering wise any difference between F87 and G87 models can easily be optimised for equivalent feel or performance, with only around 10% weight difference depending on configuration.
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