Oh snap!!!
Mini better put their money where their mouth is. Issuing a challenge to Porsche was all good fun as it pitted them against a heavy weight like Porsche in what would have turned out to be a win win scenario for mini. Heck even losing to Porsche would have bought them more brand exposure as saying we 'only' lost to a Porsche by 3 seconds around a track (even though it would have been a mickey mouse twisty track more suited to nimbler cars). Porsche quietly swatted their challange aside and basically told them to grow up.
Hyundai just pulled a 'mini' on mini. They did to Mini what Mini was doing to Porsche. I think its brilliant on their part. Hyundai gets more brand exposure against a heavy weight like Mini just as Mini was trying to do with Porsche. Brave move and i hope Mini accepts...else they will look just as bad as how they are percieving Porsche to be for not accepting their challenge