| OldSkoolToys |
12-08-2009 05:07 AM |
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Originally Posted by White Comet
(Post 5670)
Fair enough, but my skepticism still holds because you are comparing an FWD economy car to a RWD sports car. That alone is enough to make the comparison moot, as Old Skoo explained, as per the drivetrain differences.
I think 2800-2900 lbs might be too skeptical (even for me), but 2400 lbs? Not a freaking chance. Not for 21 grand.
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It also has a lot to do with the chassis. Compared next to the FT, the yaris chassis will be a noodle. Extra reinforcements are placed in the car to make it handle better, and this obviously makes it heavy.
2800-2900 is pretty skeptical, agreed. Probably to the point of lowering your expectations way too low.
2400 would be a work of engineering art on a $21k car, and is way over the "raising your expectations toooo high" mark. I choose the middle ground. 2600 is very doable at this price range.
Also, to correct you about the 1300kg remark: Tada was talking about the concept car, not their plans on the actual production car. And if I'm not also mistaken, that information was translated by someone on a blog. So its also highly unreliable. 1300kg puts it at ~2900lbs. Thats extremely heavy for a car this size, and is ~300lbs over what their original production plans for this car were. I really don't see them making that an "Acceptable" final weight. Thats just not Toyota-like. |
