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3000lbs with driver and adult passenger, maybe. If that's the car's curb weight then this car is DOA in my eyes. It's easy to change your car to mimic the feel of a high-horsepower car by...well, adding horsepower. But if a car is naturally overweight, its exxxtrreeemmeeellly hard to reduce it far enough to mimic the feel of a light-weight car in the corners.
The AE86 wouldn't have garnered such a huge following if it weighed 500-600lbs heavier than it came out as. It was already underpowered at ~2300 lbs (U.S. spec), but at least its meager weight kept the car -FUN-. Since then enthusiasts have found ways, evenly cheaply while maintaining reliability, to make the car much faster in terms of power, without having to do anything to the weight....its light as is.
All of that said, R&T is pulling that weight number out of their ass. And if the car weighs more than 2800lbs, I'm not touching it. I would much rather see 160-170 flywheel HP and 2600lbs than 200hp and 2800+. But I'm a minority of people that enjoy light-weight nimble sports car's in a website who's car is (supposedly) dedicated to light-weight nimble sports cars.
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