Dakar Rally
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With three-time Dakar Rally winner Volkswagen pulling out of the event from next year onwards, there are a number of new players keen on entering the grueling off-road rally in the coming years. One of these is Britain’s Excite Rallye Raid Team, which has announced that it will be running three vehicles specially commissioned from race car manufacturer RaBe Race Cars and driven by Martin Rowe, John Hardy, and Andrew Coley. The three vehicles will be based around a Range Rover Evoque chassis but will get their power from BMW-sourced 3.0-liter turbodiesel engines rated at 275 horsepower...
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McRae Electric Dakar Buggy In The Rain: VideoMcRae Buggy and Tim Coronel are working on the first electric buggy for the 2012 Dakar Rally, and it finally got the chance to test in some real race conditions at the 2011 Spanish Baja, running as the opening car for the Super Special stage. With a base weight of just 1,440 pounds for the McRae...
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Volkswagen Wins 2011 Dakar Rally, Achieves Hat Trick
Volkswagen has managed to win the Dakar Rally for the third time in succession, with drivers Nasser AlAttiyah and Timo Gottschalk taking the top honors. They were joined by two other Volkswagen teams in second and third place, with all three teams competing with latest Race Touareg 3. The 2011...
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Video: MINI Dakar All4 Rips Up French Test
What's not to love about the MINI Dakar All4 prepped by BMW and X Raid? A ride height in the clouds with a turbodiesel six-cylinder mounted in the basement give the MINI Dakar the base it needs to thrash relentlessly in the alien landscapes it will call home. The factory-backed MINI racer will see...
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MINI All4 Dakar Rally Car Unveiled By X-Raid Team
We're still waiting on the official debut of the MINI Countryman-based World Rally Championship entrant, but the German-based X-Raid team today gives us a look at what a beefier, brawnier Dakar-worthy version of the MINI looks like with the MINI All4 Racing. The Dakar Rally, if you haven't been...
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New Volkswagen Race Touareg 3 SUV To Tackle Dakar Rally In 2011
With the all-new 2011 Volkswagen Touareg recently making its debut, Volkswagen's motorsports division is now updating its off-roading Race Touareg in preparation for next year’s grueling Dakar Rally. With two Dakar Rally titles already under its belt, the Volkswagen Race Touareg is now moving...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
