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When I bought my Civic Type-R it didn't even have an option for air conditioning due to the weight it added. For some types of car every pound (though they are
by baudehlo 11y ago
When I bought my Civic Type-R it didn't even have an option for air conditioning due to the weight it added. For some types of car every pound (though they are called grams in the real world) counts. I suspect this will be popular in the lightweight performance car world.
- atourgates 11y agoFor sure losing 30+lbs is a big deal in the high-performance automotive world, and Ohm's price premium is nothing compared to, say, replacing structural elements with carbon fiber etc. But I don't think your average mass-market consumer is going to care much about 30lbs, or notice a difference in performance or handling if they did.
- baudehlo 11y agoI'm not sure why my comment got so downvoted, that's kind of weird as I was just stating facts. Absolutely the average buyer of a Camry is not going to care about this. But that wasn't at all my point. Some cars (more often in Europe/Japan where driving is more fun because they have corners), take weight seriously. I think car manufacturers might take this option seriously in their sport divisions.
- yellowapple 11y ago> I'm not sure why my comment got so downvoted Probably because of the "in the real world they're called 'grams'" remark. I vastly prefer metric over Imperial, too, but that came across as a tad snobbish, eh? I upvoted, though, for what it's worth; weight savings aren't just the purview of racecars.
- NeutronBoy 11y ago> But I don't think your average mass-market consumer is going to care much about 30lbs, or notice a difference in performance or handling if they did. In reality, if you looked through the car of a random sample of the population, you'd probably find about 30lbs of crap in their car that they could remove (sporting equipment, rubbish, bags, etc).