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Originally Posted by Air-Hybrid
No one's going to try to deny that, on like-for-like cars, having more safety features will add more weight, are they?
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They'll add some weight, but not nearly the weight that was added for all sorts of creature comforts.
The increase in volume has a big influence on weight - so much that it becomes a significant weight saving to replace the metal outer shell, some internal components and glass with reinforced plastics.
On the fat modern Golf, this can save up to 370 kg - more than 1/4th of its empty weight - while the structure remains untouched.