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Originally Posted by aerobod
It looks like the Porsche US site uses stripped weight (no options, which is pretty rare for a Porsche), whereas the EU weight has to be based on commonly sold configuration. Porsche seems to have a much bigger weight discrepancy than BMW when comparing the US and EU weights. The EU weight method is much more comparable between manufacturers (due to stricter measurement criteria).
In the end it comes down to measuring a given car with it's specific options, but it seems as though the weight difference between the Z4M and Boxster is not as big as the US weights would indicate, based on the more strictly controlled EU weight measurements (which includes 75kg load, but only 90% fuel tank fill), and that it would be difficult to find a Boxster configuration under 3,000 lbs with a full tank of fuel.
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I read somewhere, don't remember where, that in the U.S. Porsche lists the weight of their cars "dry," meaning that there are no oil, fuel, coolant, nor passengers in the car.