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Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist
If it remains status quo +/- 100 lbs (assume 100 lbs to accommodate possibly a new motor in the future, or FI, whatever) then that'd be great. I'd just hate to see Lotus assume the mentality of, "Well, you know, 2400 lbs ain't bad either!" At least not for the Elise/Exige.
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i tihnk lotus's mentality is more like
"to stay in business we need to grow and add new models and we need to sell more cars to pay for new models - so what do we do to sell more cars?"
..i agree with you though! but i don't think lotus "adds" things just for the sake of adding weight - i think they do that for the sake of adding sales #'s
well - the S3 elise should be on its wayher is a few... lets hope it stays @ 2k lbs!
if not - it will probably come around full circle in 10 years and the elise will be the middle car and they will introduce the "E&*!@" and it will be the "ultra spartan light weight, simple, small powertrain, lower HP car"
look around - everyone (well i know not everyone...) wants "more power" - and that comes at either great cost, or added weight. its what the market wants?!
how well would a 1,650lb 135hp elise sell in the us? especially if lotus had to invest $ to put it into production (thats is - it would not be all that cheaper)