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THREE MINIVANS SQUARE OFF IN A CONTEST
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BUILDING A SUPERCAR is easy. Even if you’ve got zero experience in car-building, you can have your
family name festooned across the back of a mid-engined track monster in a few easy steps. Step one is cash, and lots of it.
You’ll need this to license an engine from Audi or Mercedes. Step two is to hire an engineer, preferably one with several
decades of experience at a major automaker. Sure, he’ll cost more than a recent graduate (remember step one), but he’ll
know which hoops to jump through and which to set ablaze. Optional step:You might want to change your name to one that
ends with a vowel. Pagani and Ascari sound good. Gumpert, not so much.
Building a minivan, on the other hand, especially
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