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Old 01-07-2003, 11:21 AM
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Angry BMW X5 - Racing at DAKAR Rally

Yep.. The BMW is X5 is racing at DAKAR and doing quite well. Better than the new VW Tarek.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

While it may be a semi-private effort the only way my faith in Porsche can be restored is to see a Cayenne TT in the 2004 Dakar!!
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The BMW is currently fourth. Impressive.
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I wonder what all they had to do to it to prepare it for the race.
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looks like the real problem would be beating the Mistubishis (1-3) today.
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Yeah, but having a well prepped 450 HP TT Cayenne out there with them would be awfull good!
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There's also a MB ML430, Yesterday one of the X5 (Luc Alphand team) had a power steering problem. Over all the X5 are doing grat, but not as the mitsu EVO.
If the cayenne will be on in 2004's Paris-Dakar, it has to be the Turbo and a very light weight version.
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by M758:
<strong>Yeah, but having a well prepped 450 HP TT Cayenne out there with them would be awfull good!</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">TT ?? Wouldn't a lightweight competition Cayenne be a Cayenne RS ?

I'd buy one!! Too bad I am not a photoshop user... a sketch of a rallye-raid Cayenne RS would make a nice poster on my wall



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