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Clean-Diesel Mini? Green! A 3500-HP Diesel Mini? NOT Green!

 
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Mini pickup with Cummins QSK78 3500-hp 12-turbo 78-liter V-18 diesel engine

Mini pickup with Cummins QSK78 3500-hp 12-turbo 78-liter V-18 diesel engine

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 We've written before about the diesel-engined Mini Cooper D that's sold in Europe, but not in the U.S. We really like the idea of a clean-diesel Mini.

And now for something completely different.

How about a 3500-horsepower V-18 diesel Mini?

Ummmm, yes.

At this week's Goodwood Festival of Speed, the annual English event for fans of cars, engines, racing, and sheer automotive velocity, diesel engine-maker Cummins Ltd. unveiled this rather unusual conversion.

It's an old-style Mini Pickup fitted with a 78-liter, 3500-horsepower Cummins QSK78, a 12-turbocharger diesel engine built for use in mining industry dump trucks that carry 400 tons of rock.

The engine produces 10,320 pound-feet of torque, and weighs in at a mere 24,250 pounds.

At a previous show, a smart-mouthed attendee had asked Cummins if the engine could be fitted into this Mini. The company's Steve Nendick said Cummins "never like to let a challenge go by unanswered."

He noted that the engine "proved to be a bit tricky to fit under the bonnet" (hood), but you can see how they managed it in the photo.  Left unclear is whether the engine actually powers the Mini--though we rather doubt it.

Photo of Mini Coooper D model sold in Europe by Flickr user TheMullett.

Photo of Mini Coooper D model sold in Europe by Flickr user TheMullett.

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  1. By  Michael Posted: 6/30/2010 6:42pm PDT

    Back in the real world: At a recent media dinner, Mini VP Jim McDowell said they're working on a new diesel that is intended to meet US (and EU6) emissions. We would have to wait couple years, he said. The current EU diesel could not be made to meet tighter US standards.
     
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