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      12-17-2015, 09:52 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by Grover432 View Post
It's funny, but the car manufacturers are doing what Porsche has known for decades, it is better to lighten the car than to keep adding HP. The benefit is better handling and fuel economy.
Colin Chapman the leader of Lotus back in the glory days of Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Mario Andretti, Ronnie Petersen etc said;

Add horsepower you will go faster in a straight line, remove weight and you'll go faster everywhere!
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