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Originally Posted by PBR
It's a cheaper part and more durable. Most likely nothing to do with any kind of performance. Aluminum provides better NVH as well as less unsprung weight. But balance and feel? That sounds like a marketing department not an engineer.
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Probably.
A couple of kg of unstrung weight at the very edge of the car will add resistance to a cars rotational inertia, and iron and aluminium flex quite differently.
Whether or not its enough to feel different only time will tell - I'm sure people will be doing swaps right.