Base model curb weight less than 3,000 Lbs. ! - 06-03-2007, 05:35 PM

Greetings,

I went to Edgewater our local drag strip Sunday morning. I got there too late to make tech and run but they let me use the scales. I have a three month old base model '06 six speed coupe.

With a 9/10ths full tank of gas curb weight was 3,015 Lbs.

I didn't remove the jack, floor mats, cargo liner, junk in the console or glove box or headrests, this is straight off the street...

A gallon of gas weighs about 6.25 Lbs. and there was at least 12 gallons in the tank. So I had to be loaded with seventy pounds or more of gas. So clearly, with a mostly empty tank, the base model is less than 3,000 Lbs! With me on board, "ready to run" weight was 3,195 Lbs.

So the extra weight of the equipment on the Limited amounts to around fifty extra pounds...

This makes some of the other sports and performance cars look pretty porky. Other sporty cars' drivers can brag about their higher horsepower ratings but they are fighting gravity and inertia. Collin Chapman summed it up well, "low mass is it's own reward!"

Cheers,

Slim

 

I weighed my '06 base coupe at an autocross this past weekend. With stock wheels, Hoosier A6's, custom exhaust, and about 1/4 tank of gas, it came in at about 2,940 lbs.

 

dang, can you still pick up '05 base models cheap? i'd love to take one and make it strictly for racing.

 

I DID !

 

I just bought my '06 new for $18.8k.