REAL Vehicle Weights - Anyone Ever Checked?
Discussion
I got curious reading a different thread where weight pops up as is usual these days.
I know over the past few years manufacturers have had to start being more truthful about vehicle weight compared to years gone by (I remember the Golf put on several hundred kg almost overnight according to VW numbes) and I wonder if anyone has ever weighed their own cars at a weighbridge or similar? What were the results?
My gut says older cars should be heavier than manufacturers' official figures, and modern ones should be about what we're told. That then begs the question, how much heavier *REALLY* are modern cars? Is the gap smaller than we think and have been told?
Anyone know?
I know over the past few years manufacturers have had to start being more truthful about vehicle weight compared to years gone by (I remember the Golf put on several hundred kg almost overnight according to VW numbes) and I wonder if anyone has ever weighed their own cars at a weighbridge or similar? What were the results?
My gut says older cars should be heavier than manufacturers' official figures, and modern ones should be about what we're told. That then begs the question, how much heavier *REALLY* are modern cars? Is the gap smaller than we think and have been told?
Anyone know?
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