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Originally Posted by Scion FR-S
Maxim, interesting point about the RX-8; but looking at the superimposed profile below it seems it's a fair bit bigger at the rear than the FR-S should be, adding a few hundred pounds. Also the '8 is built to be more of a solid GT-type car, which probably adds weight - presumably the FR-S will lean towards more of a Miata-style construction and feel.
Consider also that a first-gen Tiburon is 5" longer than the first FR-S concept and has a weight of 2566 lbs (manual), and it certainly didn't use any lightweight metals, high-strength steel, or other expensive engineering tricks to get the weight down. So allowing for safety upgrades over the past decade maybe 2700 lbs is feasible.
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Uh the current NC Miata is on the RX8 chassis. So...
Also the 1st gen Tiburon was a cheap sheet metal, plastics, very cheap overall everything you're talking about Hyundai like 15 years ago.
And it didn't have RWD which add another 200lbs easily, AND it didn't need the same saftey features with 6+ airbags. Add that with bigger wheels and tires, heavier 6spd and you got over 2800+lbs easily.