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2025 KTM 450 Rally Replica Unleashed to Trump All Competition in Next Year's Dakar
2025 KTM 450 Rally Replica Unleashed to Trump All Competition in Next Year's Dakar

24 Apr 2024, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Austrian bike maker KTM revealed the most extreme version of the 450 Rally Replica it has ever made, the 2025 model year bike will be made in limited numbers

 
Racing Through the Desert for 5,000 Miles and Winning Is a Story of Courage and Resolve
Racing Through the Desert for 5,000 Miles and Winning Is a Story of Courage and Resolve

7 Apr 2024, 13:46 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / We interviewed the 2024 Dakar Rally SSV Class Winner to learn more about what it takes to win an event of this magnitude, including all the hardships.

 
Dacia Sandrider Is Brand's Most Powerful Vehicle, Packs a 355-HP V6 for Dakar
Dacia Sandrider Is Brand's Most Powerful Vehicle, Packs a 355-HP V6 for Dakar

30 Jan 2024, 10:57 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Legendary drivers Sebastien Loeb and Nasser Al-Attiyah, together with Cristina Gutierrez Herrero, will be leading the charge for Dacia in 2025

 
Sebastien Loeb Sends His Race Drivers to Dakar in Polaris RZR Pro R Factory Machines
Sebastien Loeb Sends His Race Drivers to Dakar in Polaris RZR Pro R Factory Machines

28 Dec 2023, 09:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Polaris announced it is going to the 2024 Dakar Rally with two race-prepped RZR Pro R Factory, handled by Sebastien Loeb Racing (SLR) drivers

 
Toyota Is Taking No Less Than Five GR Hilux EVO Trucks to Dakar to Win It All
Toyota Is Taking No Less Than Five GR Hilux EVO Trucks to Dakar to Win It All

13 Dec 2023, 12:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Toyota will field the largest number of teams for the 2024 Dakar Rally, five of them. All will use the new variant of the GR Hilux EVO vehicles

 
Dacia Hits the Jackpot! Nine-Time WRC Champ Sebastien Loeb Drives for Them in Dakar Rally
Dacia Hits the Jackpot! Nine-Time WRC Champ Sebastien Loeb Drives for Them in Dakar Rally

3 Jul 2023, 13:54 UTC · By: Elena Luchian / Dacia has just convinced nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb to drive for them in the Dakar Rally in 2025 with co-driver Cristina Gutierrez

 
Exo Rally Championship Claims To Be the Galaxy's Most Dangerous Off-Road Racing Event
Exo Rally Championship Claims To Be the Galaxy's Most Dangerous Off-Road Racing Event

13 Jun 2023, 07:40 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / Jump behind the wheel of an advanced RCS thruster-enhanced rover and master a realistic racing simulation in this exoplanetary rally

 
What's Next in 2023: All Things Motorsport - Part Two
What's Next in 2023: All Things Motorsport - Part Two

26 Feb 2023, 06:46 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / We're back with part two of our 2023: All Things Motorsport preview, as we try to show you the most exciting options to follow throughout the season.

 
1986 Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar Got a Sympathetic Restoration, Still Has Its Battle Scars
1986 Porsche 959 Paris-Dakar Got a Sympathetic Restoration, Still Has Its Battle Scars

1 Feb 2023, 21:54 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Porsche had restored one of its 959 Paris-Dakar racing cars for an upcoming exhibit. The vehicle was left with patina from the event, but works flawlessly

 
This Jeep Wagoneer Off-Road Build Flaunts 35-Inch Tires, Ram 1500 ReadyLIFT Suspension Kit
This Jeep Wagoneer Off-Road Build Flaunts 35-Inch Tires, Ram 1500 ReadyLIFT Suspension Kit

12 Jan 2023, 20:20 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Instead of a mall crawler, this HEMI-powered Jeep Wagoneer is a bonafide off-road machine thanks to a few tasteful modifications

 
Carlos Sainz Sr. Crashes in Dakar Rally, Is Airlifted to Hospital, Turns Helicopter Around
Carlos Sainz Sr. Crashes in Dakar Rally, Is Airlifted to Hospital, Turns Helicopter Around

11 Jan 2023, 13:37 UTC · By: Monica Coman / The Sainz family have racing deep in their blood and will do anything to keep doing it, even if that means turning a helicopter around

 
2023 Dakar Rally Introduces Digital Roadbooks to Prevent Navigation Copycats
2023 Dakar Rally Introduces Digital Roadbooks to Prevent Navigation Copycats

30 Dec 2022, 13:13 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The 2023 Dakar Rally is set to start on December 31st, 2022. This edition will have fully digital road books for the first time, along with an anti-copy system

 
Four-Time Dakar Champion Believes Alonso Will Come Back to the Prestigious Rally After F1
Four-Time Dakar Champion Believes Alonso Will Come Back to the Prestigious Rally After F1

11 Dec 2022, 14:33 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / Defending Dakar Champion Nasser Al-Attiyah has recently said in an interview that he believes Alonso enjoyed cross-country rally racing and could come back

 
2023 Dakar Rally Will Challenge Drivers to Race Through 2,924 Miles of Special Stages
2023 Dakar Rally Will Challenge Drivers to Race Through 2,924 Miles of Special Stages

1 Dec 2022, 15:14 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Dakar Rally organizers have revealed the official route for the 2023 race, which is set to start on December 31st and end in Damman on January 15th

 
Polaris Signs Five-Year Deal With Sebastien Loeb Racing for Rally Raid Events
Polaris Signs Five-Year Deal With Sebastien Loeb Racing for Rally Raid Events

15 Nov 2022, 16:56 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Polaris wants to get new titles in the SSV category of rally raid competitions, and the firm has teamed up with Sebastien Loeb's outfit to get them

 
The Forgotten Story of the Porsche G-Wagen, A Service Vehicle Turned Rally Racer
The Forgotten Story of the Porsche G-Wagen, A Service Vehicle Turned Rally Racer

25 Oct 2022, 14:18 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / While the Porsche 959s Dakar victory is well-documented, the same rally project spawned a Porsche-powered G-Class service vehicle that ended up competing

 
Audi Sport's RS Q E-Tron Rally Prototypes Finish the Morocco Rally, Dakar Is Next
Audi Sport's RS Q E-Tron Rally Prototypes Finish the Morocco Rally, Dakar Is Next

8 Oct 2022, 15:30 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / In preparation for the Dakar Rally, Audi Sport completed the Morocco Rally with its three Audi RS Q e-tron rally cars, further testing them to their limit

 
Audi RS Q e-tron E2 Undergoes First Endurance Tests in Morocco
Audi RS Q e-tron E2 Undergoes First Endurance Tests in Morocco

22 Sep 2022, 10:01 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / Ausi Sport is preparing its hybrid rally machine for the 2023 Dakar Rally - its first true test will take place next month at the Morocco Rally

 
Dakar Desert Rally Trailer Shows Off Two Legendary Vehicles from the 80s
Dakar Desert Rally Trailer Shows Off Two Legendary Vehicles from the 80s

22 Sep 2022, 02:52 UTC · By: Cosmin Vasile / Check out two classic vehicles included in the Deluxe Edition of the game, the DAF Truck Turbo-Twin and the Peugeot 405 Turbo 16

 
Mercedes Pajero G Evolution Feels Digitally Ready to Win the Dakar Rally Once Again
Mercedes Pajero G Evolution Feels Digitally Ready to Win the Dakar Rally Once Again

1 Sep 2022, 08:24 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Khyzyl Saleem, the virtual artist better known as “the_kyza” on social media, seems ready to give us a personal reinterpretation of two iconic off-roaders