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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Okay I just had to check. I've driven a stripped car before where you could hear the fuel pump and everything too, but the MR2 is another step up in loudness because the engine is so close to your head.
Thermal insulation isn't actually that bad as it'll only weigh a few extra pounds, but sound deadening is almost certainly a problem.
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the big deal isn't really any of this, it is the actual size of the vehicles. If you take the BRZ, remove the need for rear seats and that stupid rear trunk, and take some off the front because really why do I need to have the space to shove pretty much any v8 on the market in there?, and you'd get a car about the size of a Yaris.
Even the heaviest current Yaris is 2335 lbs. You take out the back seat and associated useless crap and that's 2200. I still don't know why Toyota doesn't do what they've done with every MR2 and make their econo car into a rwd rear engined sporty car, because a 2300 lb MR2 would be awesome.
A mid engined car does not have to be heavy. A modern car does not have to be heavy. Even with all the bells and whistes a modern sports car does not need to weigh a lot. I swear they designed the BRZ solely with the need to throw in a v8 for pro drifting.