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Originally Posted by RKDinOKC View Post
You can only go so light and remain up to safety standards. The vehicle would be a greatly underpowered sports car that would sell very few even if they were someone able to make them very much cheaper. That's pretty much why VW had never release a car similar to the boxster. Could not make it cheap enough.
Actually, the 914 was designed as a VW...but the point you make is a valid one.
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