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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Impressive in the wrong way, 'cause you're looking at it backwards. You OUGHT to be asking WTF a Camaro weighs 3900 pounds - double my Insight, or a Lotus Elise.
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Carp about modern vehicle weights all you like; they weigh what they weigh, and trimming 700 lbs. (seven hundred pounds!) is a significant accomplishment. Ford deserves praise for this move, not derision because the F150 is not a Lotus Elise.
Look at it this way. By shedding 700 lbs. from the best selling vehicle in the US -- not to mention offering 2 (two!) engines specifically targeting fuel economy -- Ford will be causing millions of gallons less fuel to be burned. That's a good thing no matter how you cut it.