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Not really, a Mini Cooper has a payload capacity of 450kg according to some googling.

That gives us ~2.7 Minis.

If we factor in the weight of the driver, then we can comfortably get away with 4 Minis, each taking 312kg of gold which leaves us with 138kg per Mini for the driver and any gear that might be needed for the heist.

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Your calculations are off by some margin. Assuming 312kg per car, it would take 3962 minis to transport it all, somewhat more than the 4 you accounted for. Of course you could do this with 4 cars over a thousand round trips - I'm not sure which option is most likely to lead to success, I suspect both might arouse suspicion.

D'oh! I just realized my mistake. For some reason I equated metric ton with kilogram in my math.

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