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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Perhaps it also improved payload and towing ratings too, and that combined with better fuel efficiency helped it pencil out a little better.
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Decades ago,CAR and DRIVER's technical editor,Csaba Csere commented on weight reduction is association with Lotus Cars' Colin Chapman's credo,'Simplicate,and add lightness.'
Losing mass has compounding effects.Power-to-weight,improved acceleration,better passing,climbing,on less power,lighter engine,transmission,driveline,chassis,brakes,wheel s,tires,better stopping,better polar moment of inertia,depending,handling,less material,less cost,better fuel economy,less pollution,or increased payload,.................
On the open road there'd be a small R-R advantage.In town is where she'd shine,from yields and stops,accelerating or re-accelerating,where inertia tears you a new one.
All good arguments for hybrid,plug-in hybrid, and EV.