Top 10 Lightest 300 Horsepower Cars
 

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i completely agree, and also possibly safer from less mass smashing into something..
i owned a slow, lumbering volvo 240; the doors slammed like some tank hatch closing, it had an iron bottom end, and nothing about it resounded with the words lightweight...it came in at 3000 lbs curb...i honestly don't know why new cars weigh so damn much, i find it hard to believe it all comes down to crumple zones and safety features tho; this car was and maybe still is one of the safest cars out there in that weight class...

Not only the safety, but I think most of em have better performance than older gen. Like stiffer chassis, lower center gravity, better traction and so on.
ex: Supra MKI vs Supra MKIV. R32 vs R35. S13 vs S15.
Those are just some examples.