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Yes, we'll be getting the CF bonnet.




I don't think so!

All 997s have a light aluminum trunk cover (bonnet), so there is no incentive to install a carbon fiber trunk lid.


I have the aluminum bonnet (front trunk lid) on my 993 (from the 993RS) and a CF one on my 73 911 and the weight difference is huge. CF is much lighter than Alu (which is lighter still than steel)...



Grant, I've been reading your posts long enough to know that you think purely in terms of the absolute weight benefit.

Commercial companies would work on basis of "dollars per pound saved", so they may not always come to the same conclusion as you would re the viability of weight reduction measures.

PS: Just realized that I should have written "less incentive" instead of "no incentive" in order to be absolutely objective.