If you’re in the market for a sports car that’s as light and nimble as possible, you might turn your attention to a Mazda Miata. You’re not likely to go shopping for a BMW M5 as, after all, its mass was never its strongest asset. But you may still want a serious luxury performer like this to be relatively light for its class, bearing in mind its overall brief. In this situation, you might begin to wonder what was going on if it seemed to be packing on too many pounds.