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MKW said:
There will never be another modern supercar weighing just 2500 lbs . Due to current safety nannies worldwide and the ever wider butts of buyers , current and future supercars are all bigger inside and 600-1000 lbs heavier . Gone are the days of chain smoking 140 lb "euro royalty" buyers , replaced by 270 lb millionaire athletes. You can add all the horsepower you want , but that weight has to be slowed and turned and that's when you feel the 1000 lb difference.



Most of buyers for supercars in US are fairly trim tech and hedge fund guys; athletes tend to favor SUVs and big Benzos...

I suspect most supercar buyers today want a car they can routinely drive to office; that can make it up/down ramps and into any gas station (much of why CGT was a marketing disaster)...and don't mind a 3500lb wt if car has all requisite safety systems and software to offset the weight and deliver an N-ring time comparable to/better than the allegedly phenomenal, much lighter supercars of yesteryear....

And if someone's a really focused, wannabe racecar driver w/bucks and the time to go to tracks (lots of retired 30- and 40-somethings in SF and NYC fit this profile), they'll get an FXXX to avoid any of the street car compromises....and tool around town in porky cars like 65/430/612....