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It's official: Porsche will not race Mini.
A few days back Mini USA called out Porsche via Facebook to a throwdown: a Cooper S vs 911 in a race. Details were sketchy. Many people were very much laughing.
Porsche has now peeped out from its Castle of OversteeryDeath to respond, and it's a big fat noooo.
"While your challenge seems like a fun and lighthearted campaign", says Mr Porsche, "we'll stick to racing the way we have over the decades. We welcome you at Sebring, Le Mans, Daytona or any other sanctioned race where there is more at stake than T-shirts and valet parking spaces."
Ooooh, burned! Like, totally owned! Uberlolz! And such.
Anyway, they've also pointed to a rather nifty little video which shows that Porsche is annoyingly good. And given Mini another little slap on the cheek.
Kudos to Mini for the throwdown, but did the guys really think a Cooper S could whup a 911?
Check out the original throwdown below, and click here for Porsche's link to it's racing heritage.
Vijay Pattni
Mini v Porsche: it's not on
Porsche snubs Mini, doesn’t come out to play and invites Mini to Sebring, Daytona, Le Mans instead…
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J4KE.H4M commented on this article
at 03:57 pm on 11 June 2010
as much as I'd like Mini to win, they don't have a chance. well, wouldn't if Porche haddn't been sissies and rejected the invite...
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MasiMan commented on this article
at 05:05 pm on 11 June 2010
Indeed a very unrealistic challenge, but Mini does show they have Maxi cojones... And a good sense of humor!
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rraptor commented on this article
at 05:22 pm on 11 June 2010
wow this boldy want's some attention :-D
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JOHNJOE commented on this article
at 05:38 pm on 11 June 2010
thats like alfa romeo taking on lexus in a reliability challenge, there is no chance of them winning
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petrolhead1106 commented on this article
at 05:39 pm on 11 June 2010
I think the mini might win on a GoKart track maybe.
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