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Originally Posted by XutvJet
If you've ever worked on a 911 or Cayman/Boxster, you'd be impressed by how robust and heavy parts are on those cars. The exterior panels on my 987 Cayman (which essentially has the front end of a 997 911) are crazy thick.
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That's because the 986/987 was designed in the 1990's. Cars from that era were made entirely out of steel (and relatively thick one, compared to modern cars). A BMW, Mercedes or Audi from that era will feel similarly "robust". In comparison, the 981 and 718, which use a lot of aluminum, do not have the same heavy duty feel.
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Originally Posted by XutvJet
Point being, 911s and Cayman/Boxsters could be a few hundred pounds lighter if Porsche wasn't so hell bent on making such solid cars. It's surprising to me that my fully loaded Cayman still is under 3000lbs with a full tank per the local truck scales.
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It's a small 2WD two-seater, made mostly out of aluminium, with a small 4 cylinder engine. 3000 lbs isn't all that impressive for that kind of car IMO.