Subject	You would think they could do better than that? 2015
Posted by	jzack on January 03, 2008 at 7:15 PM
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In Reply To	Nissan to cut weight of its cars by 15-percent by 2015. posted by brahmabull (CT) on January 03, 2008 at 01:33 PM
Message	(say yr end) is almost 2 design cycles from now. There's plenty of light weigh materials around to replace metals -- main issue (I guess) would be cost effectiveness for manufacturing to scale?
Follow Ups	Nissan to cut weight of its cars by 15-percent by 2015. - brahmabull (CT) 13:33:02 01/03/08 Bittersweet news. - BradZ (FL) 13:38:45 01/03/08 would be nice to have carbon and titanium parts. (n/m) - DoodMon(SD) 13:58:53 01/03/08 i thought the 350z weighed 3200lbs? - dirtyjerZ 15:20:27 01/03/08 It did, they have gained weight since, but still not Z32 wt. (n/m) - Scotts94z32 15:39:21 01/03/08 As such will be the trend with manufacturers - Rob.M @ Down Shift 16:44:12 01/03/08 Well, power may have to drop by then too..link inside - Ashman2k2 17:12:39 01/03/08 Re: Well, power may have to drop by then too..link inside - Rob.M @ Down Shift 18:59:03 01/03/08 You would think they could do better than that? 2015 - jzack 19:15:06 01/03/08 Very nice. Perhaps we might be able to benefit from this. (n/m) - Agner.S(CT) 21:05:31 01/03/08 Nice find, they already said the 350Z Will be around 3k lbs - Eishozzzz 05:26:11 01/04/08
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