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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo
I a world where the next lightest RWD 2+2 weighs 6-700 lbs more (BMW 2), the BRZ/86 is definitely lightweight.
You can’t really compare it to a stripped Opel Corsa or the like. A RWD car with a 100” wheelbase will weigh more than an entry level FWD hatch. You also can’t compare it to a Lotus Elise because this car actually passes crash tests. Even the lightest Evora isn’t lighter than the BRZ.
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There's no reason I can't compare it because my discussion a matter of relative weight regardless of class or whatever other parameters. You will never make a 2000lb car feel like a sub500lb go-kart, and likewise a car that weighs nearly 50% more than 2000lbs is still 50% more weight. Likewise the Evora has a much more powerful powerplant...which when you factor in its total weight to the engine, is fairly impressive for all the lightweight engineering they do.
I'm not saying you can buy a lighter <2500lb commuter car and throw it around with the same performance as an 86 but power is power, weight is weight and the nuance and feel is going to be different. The 86 a medium sized coupe on the lighter side of overall vehicles, but it's still not exactly "light." There used to be commuter cars that were lighter, and there were cars that weighed just as much with far more power (stock), but only relative to today's average cars is it even barely on the lighter side of cars - regardless of safety and technological improvements.
This car has never screamed lightweight like some Alfa Romeo 4c. Just "lighter than today's average vehicle." There's a reason people love the Miata, the fiat 500, etc. You literally cannot make up for weight and dimensions. That's why I believe OP is enamored with the miata.