[Craig_D]

I've wondered the same thing about weight and safety. Is it that side curtain airbags, driver/passenger bags, side door bars, reinforced A/B/C pillars, crumple zones accompanying reinforced passenger zones are making these cars THAT much bulkier? Is it that Porsche wants to have safety standards that are truly protective at Autobahn speeds, or speeds that a Nissan Versa could never attain unless dropped out of an airplane?

The latest Ferrari 458 weighs 3,075 pounds and is also made up of extremely light weight materials.

I often laugh when watching YouTube videos from the factories showing magnesium roofs, carbon chassis, carbon ceramic brakes and then a >3,000 lb curb weight!? What aren't they mentioning...lead floor panels?