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Originally Posted by OptionZero
wtf heavier than the old model? What happened to 15% weight reduction?
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Yea I read that too, it said basically the base version was 96 or so pounds lighter, but the grand touring version will be heavier. Thats supposed to come with like leather heated seats and side curtain airbags, so naturally that'll be alot heavier.
It doesn't mention the weight for the so called sport package though. Which it said comes with Nismo engine oil, which I don't care for much....but it'll have a LSD cooler which seems like a nice edition until Kaaz makes a 2 way for it, granted its not just sharing the same diff from the 350.
Very interested to see how responsive the engine is to mods though. I really haven't seen much reason why I shouldn't take a crack at getting one. (Aside from the $35k+ projected price tag. Do'h!)
Something weird though I remembered while looking through the video comments, a video I think Road and Track made said the Z ran 13.3s, not 13.7s and was considerably lighter. I bought the new issue that features the Z on front, gonna do some comparisons on the 2 stories...
Edit: Just scrolled through the new issue of Road & Track and some interesting conflicts come up...
-R&T says the new Z is 200lbs lighter, weighing in at est3175lbs. AutoBlog said it shaved 95lbs and finishes at 3232lbs.
-R&T says weight distribution is 53/47. Autoblog, 54/46.
-R&T says its 2.5in shorter, and is 1.7in wider. AutoBlog says its shortened by 2.7 inches, wider 0.5 inches up front and 2.2 inches in the rear.
I realize the last 2 points are nit-picky as hell, but its kind of weird that the 2 articles don't agree. 95lbs and 200lbs is a noticeable difference.