It's not really a bias one way or another, just a fact that something that's 2.3 tonnes is not typically going to respond like something that is nearer 1 tonne, nor will it have the same costs when used enthusiastically, even a 300kg difference is a big difference, blimey when you do a pax lap on track, your 75-90kg passenger has a noticeable impact on response.
Cars have got massive, for my personal transport and fun cars, they've not cracked 1300kgs for 15yrs now, the weight is the first thing I notice in everything else I drive, even if modern cars do a great job of disguising size and weight, it always shows up in corners and breaking, everything is too big and too heavy, for not a lot of benefits that I appreciate at least.
Lightweight cars can still be made, it's an engineering /cost decision by the manufacturers, they see that they can raise ASPs with bigger luxurious barges as it is what most customers want, car market is pretty depressing for the fan of lightweight sports cars and hot hatches, mostly just large heavy cars now that struggle to shine at legal speeds as they have been more robustly engineered to handle the excess power, speed and weight.
Nothing with a battery can fix that, sure there is still the odd fun one that's heavy, but its different fun and you just have to accept its deficiencies along with the good bits.
Can you even buy many sporty mainstream cars sub 1300kgs? think the ones that exist are all basically two seaters (even if they claim 4)
. 2.3t is a van. You can have the weight placed low down, but there is no hiding that mass and momentum.
