A video has emerged that shows a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S battling it out with a VW T5 Transporter - and losing.
This is not, as it may sound, some heroic display of driving talent proving once and for all that it's the person and not the metal that counts. Insteadthe van has a ruddy great Porsche engine in it.
With a nod to VW familial loyalty, German tuning house TH Automobile has transplanted the entire driveline, including the 3.6-litre flat-six motor from a 996 Turbo into the Transporter, and created a set of vans they call the TH1, TH2 and TH3.
Putting this much power in a van that's almost five metres long is, of course, a ridiculous idea, but TH has thought this through. It sits under the floor at the back of the van, and can be specced with either rear- or four-wheel drive. The full Porsche Stability Management programme is intact, and a Bosch ABS system manages six-pot calliper, 355mm-disc Brembo stoppers all round.
TH's van also has two water-cooled intercoolers that, TH claims, adds 15-22bhp to the headline figures. Speaking of which, those all-important numbers are 420bhp, with 0-100kmh in 5.1 seconds and top speed described as 'far exceeding' 170mph.
The interior is also full of Porsche bits, and TH is happy to make all sorts of customisations to order, some of which can be seen in the images below. Hmm - could ours please have the 911's body, too?
The video currently doing the web rounds shows the TH2 taking on a Cayenne Turbo S, on a German TV show called Grip. In an appropriate nod to their audience, it is all in German - but skip just over four minutes in and you'll see and hear the van in action, and at nine and a half minutes, you'll see the head-to-head 'Highspeedtest' against the Porsche.
You'll also hear some hilariously exuberant shouting from the presenters, which we'll leave to you to try and translate...