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Originally Posted by dmboone25
I thought the US weight for the 4C was going to be significantly higher than the rest of the world?
Maybe I am making that up...
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It is (he was saying it would be 1500 pounds less than the M235i), it's around 2,100 pounds as tested in the ROW, with 240 hp. The resulting 8.75 lb/hp is a lot more appealing than the 11 that it would be if C&D's (admittingly, not a huge font of knowledge) estimate of 2,650 pounds for the US version is correct. Note that it would be exactly the same as the M235i power to weight at that point.
The manual steering has had mediocre feedback at the lighter weight, I'd imagine adding 500+ pounds of chassis stiffening, bumper supports and who knows what other fluff to the US model certainly won't help that, even if less than half of it ends up on the front wheels.