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Old 06-22-2010, 02:16 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0fE6tvVdKI
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How many people were on facebook to check this out? That is where Mini won. Now tons of facebook users will get spam blasts from Mini. 2 seconds on that small of a purposely designed course is embarrassing, but it sure did drum up some interest, good or bad.
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Did anyone else notice at the end of the video what is said,"You beat us.This time"?

Uh oh I hope there not thinking of racing Porsche again, hopefully if there smart enough they will use the John Cooper Works version of there car.
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Originally Posted by DailyDriver2k5
Did anyone else notice at the end of the video what is said,"You beat us.This time"?

Uh oh I hope there not thinking of racing Porsche again, hopefully if there smart enough they will use the John Cooper Works version of there car.
I saw that. If they use that to set up a reveal to a much better car, then this whole thing might not end up looking stupid. At this point, it's just kind of expected.
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Hmm, they should have ran an RX8 on there.
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all that and they still LOST?!
wow.
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Originally Posted by DailyDriver2k5
Go check out the vid here at Autoblog:
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/21/s...t-road-atlant/
thanks
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This was obviously a stunt for the general public that dont know 2 seconds is a huge. Ask the general public and they would be amazed that the Mini is only 2 seconds behind a porsche. That was the objective, and they succeeded
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hahah Rogan got another payday
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where's the stills of the flag girl
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Mini should send their top of the line highest performance car against the exact same Porsche on a nice twisty track. I vote for the Nurburgring Nordschleife. It has a few curves in it which should make Mini happy. That is where all performance cars get truly tested anyways. In fact send a lower model Porsche out there like a Boxter or for the fun of it a Cayenne S.

Mini should also accept the Hyundai challenge. They know good and well that they'll lose though so if they do accept a challenge it will probably be an even tighter course rigged in their favor. Something along the lines of which car can parallel park in the smallest spot.

I don't think they were counting on Porsche to put a very good driver in the car. They were probably hoping for someone from the office who just works there but drives a Prius to work instead.
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Mini sure managed to gay up the whole affair with that video ...
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