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Old 10-25-2009, 10:55 PM   #1
Daedalus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by guiseppewv
Most new cars weigh around 3000 lbs, so an old car weighing near 4000 has a significantly more mass to it.


I don't think so. Data through 2006. But that's beside my point, which was merely that the size to mass correlation in cars has changed drastically in the past 60 years. I have 3 modern cars that weigh in around 4000 lbs each, but they're much smaller than the old cars I saw in the museum. A quick search indicates that the Bel Air has less than a 200 lb advantage over the Malibu in the video, despite carrying a larger footprint and appearing "heftier".
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