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Originally Posted by David.m

Feel free to quote me where I've even suggested let alone argued this?

No all I've said is that additional weight will hurt performance. How they negate that will generally result in compromises elsewhere, trade-offs the term you used. Likely tyre wear & maybe brake wear will be the G87's main compromises.

I am intrigued though, why would the N55 (as compared to S55) make it less likely that someone could feel the affects of having a passenger in the car?

Of course weight is going to hurt the performance, but they make it up somewhere else, whether it's a stiffer chassis, more tires and brakes, better damping ect... The G8x is a big jump over the F8x in terms of performance though IMO. OK maybe the running cost goes up, but it is what it is.

After seeing the G87 in person, I know it's not the right car for me. But quite frankly, I didn't buy my F87C for purely performance metrics. I think it's a great balance of power and fun. The fact that the car has a playful personality (at the expense of performance) is why I own this car.