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Re: Lutz Speaks On STS/ DTS
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Originally Posted by zete
All I got from Lutz's comments was:
- The car we originally designed is too heavy.
- Whatever comes out next as the DTS/STS has to be lighter.
- The current platform is too heavy, so we have to lighten it.
- That's going to delay things a bit, especially as we don't have Toyota's money problems, we have ours.
So I can see the premium Zeta platform suddenly become more premium as they opt for lighter weight materials and probably lighten up a lot of other things -- seats, bumpers, etc. As Lutz has said before, every little bit of weight helps and shedding 400 - 500 pounds off the Zetas would be a very very good thing for mileage. |
I think that titanium alloys are lighter than steel but stronger than aluminum...are they simply too exotic and expensive to use to lighten GM platforms in general?
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