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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey

Well, anything's possible... but like some people in that thread were saying, any lightweight materials used will cost you. Big time. In an industry where manufacturers are looking for $0.05 or $0.10/part reductions in cost to stay competitive, the corporate beancounters would be shrieking at full volume.

You can get a lot of weight out by just deleting things off the regular production versions too, but then you're adding production line complexity (more cost), reducing the potential sales market, and possibly cutting into federal safety requirements.

I think the only changes they'll be willing to make are those that require simply deleting steps in the production line. Like not installing the sound deadening, leaving off the A/C, no stereo, no wing, stealie rims. Or perhaps substitution of some WRX parts with the lighter STi parts, namely the STi's lightweight glass.