As Americans have been getting obese, so have automobiles. Interesting that as we as a nation are getting bigger, our automobiles are keeping right up with us …
Example: the first VW Golf (aka Jetta and Rabbit) weighed in at approximately 1808 lbs, but the Mk2 version (built until 1991) added another 265 pounds. Later versions such as the MK4 (2005) had increased weight to 2771 lbs, while the latest version, the Mk6 (2009) weighs in at 2802 lbs. That’s almost 1,000 lbs of gain, or a 64% weight gain.
Another example: The first Ford Escort (1967) weighed in at 1640 lbs. The 1980 Escort weighed in at 1830 lbs. The 1992 version (last to be called Escort, next generation called the Focus) weighed in at 2,222lbs. The nextgen Escort/Focus for 2010 — 2709 lbs in it’s lightest form.
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