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Originally Posted by ZDan
Progress should be doing MORE with LESS (or, the same amount, anyway).
FR-S/BRZ are a perfect case in point. This car is precisely a brand new S13 240SX, at the same price point, with some added performance and much greater chassis rigidity, with essentially zero weight penalty vs. the 240SX from 25 years ago.
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Good point. A more extreme example is my 1972 240Z. The 240Z weighs in at 2400 lbs. This (two-seat) car was considered very light weight in its day. Fast forward 40 years and Subaru & Toyota have managed to add crush zones, airbags, electric everything and two useless seats in a car with very similar dimensions with only a 300 pound increase.
It really is an incredible feat and the product of obsessive engineering.