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Old 11-01-2009, 05:37 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by NESW20 View Post
they already made the car HEAVY. i don't remember (or care to look for right now) exact weights, i just remember thinking "wow, what a porker." cruise control shouldn't add any weight to the car, aside from a switch to turn it on. with electronic throttles, no CC actuator is necessary.

just seems like ditching amenities is a too-little-too-late effort to make the car lighter.

-Mike
http://www.hyundaiusa.com/vehicle/Ge...ecs/specs.aspx

The curb weight for the 2.0t base is 3294lbs and the 2.0T Track model is 3362lbs. During a recent Web event with the U.S. poduct manager for Hyundai we were told the R-Spec will weigh in around the same as the base 2.0T model.

Yeah it is still heavy....I would have liked to see them drop 200lbs more and get the car near 3000lbs. But what do you expect the car is based off a large luxury sedan platform? It's not like they were going to be able to turn the Genesis sedan into a miata sized coupe.

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