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amjf088 said:

In this case, an already well designed roadster had a roof (with a large glass hatchback window, no less) added on. There probably was no practical (or economical) opportunity to re-engineer the body structure to get the weight down. So, we have a more rigid coupe of basically the same weight.





Probably correct, but I remember reading an article about 6 mo. ago that had several comments from one of the chief engineers for the Cayman. He basically stated that so much re-engineering was needed for the Cayman, and that was one main reason it was going to cost more than the Boxster S.

So if they spent so much on re-engineering, its too bad they couldn't have re-engineered a little weight savings in the process.