What's Wrong With This Picture: Mini Is Cummins To Get You Edition
July 1st, 2010 4:22 PM
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78 liters of displacement, 18 cylinders, 12 turbocharges and a tame 3,500 hp and 10,300 lb-ft of torque make for one mean Mini. Well, it would if it actually worked. Instead, this will probably just be on static display at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Fun fact: the engine alone weighs about 15 times what an original Mini did.
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Wow, Mini was able to bring a compact diesel pickup stateside before Mahindra! Hopefully they'll challenge Mahindra to a tractor pull or something...
Hey Porsche, NOW let's race!
10,300 lb-ft of torque is all fine and dandy, but if you have to rev the engine up to 1,600 rpm what's the point?
Bet that Mini is hard on tires...