DAKAR MINI GETS ‘CHILE’ UPGRADE


Dakar MINI gets â??Chile’ advancement Uprated turbodiesel and able physique ensure MINI Countryman has what it takes to yield on the 2011 Dakar rally.
It has already been accepted for access in next year’s World Assemblage Championship. But the MINI faces an even tougher claiming afore that.
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The Countryman-based archetypal will yield allotment in the backbreaking Dakar Rally, accepting been assiduously rebuilt by specialist German close X-raid. The 2011 Dakar runs from 1-16 January in Chile and Argentina, with stages abiding as continued as 413 miles.
Called the Monster Energy Countryman All4 Racing, the car has a twin-turbo agent alms 311bhp, and the physique is now fabricated of a failing mix of carbon and kevlar. Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit will yield the caster for the Dakar, with testing alpha this anniversary advanced of the alpha of the accident in Buenos Aires.
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