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VW Touareg TDIs finish 1-2 in Dakar Rally

Two of the five of Volkswagen Race Touareg TDIs that ran in this year's Dakar Rally took top overall positions in the two marathon. The truck driven Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz led to the finish capturing the first ever overall win for a diesel powered vehicle in this race. The Race Touaregs were powered by 2.5L five cylinder diesel engine that is basically half of the V10 TDI formerly used in the production Touareg. In race trim this engine produces 280 hp and 440 lb-ft of torque. This year the Dakar was moved from north Africa ... Read more →

Mitsubishi's biodiesel Racing Lancer gearing up for Dakar 2009 Sebastian Blanco

Mitsubishi will be bringing four Racing Lancer vehicles to next year's challenging Dakar Rally and, while tearing up the landscape in a big SUV might not seem to be the most environmentally sound ...

Dakar Rally canceled after terror threat Sam Abuelsamid

What had been set to be the longest edition yet of the Dakar Rally now won't happen at all. A day before the race was due to kick off in Lisbon on Saturday, organizers decided to cancel the entire ...

VW tackle longest ever Dakar Rally with 4 Race Touareg 2 TDIs Sam Abuelsamid

January 2008 will mark the thirtieth running of the Dakar Rally in which competitors spend sixteen days racing thousands of miles across the Sahara. The course has been lengthened 3564 miles this ...

VW Touareg TDIs finish 1-2 in Dakar Rally 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Two of the five of Volkswagen Race Touareg TDIs that ran in this year's Dakar Rally took top overall positions in the two marathon. The truck driven Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz led to the finish capturing the first ever overall win for a diesel powered vehicle in this race. The Race ...

Mitsubishi's biodiesel Racing Lancer gearing up for Dakar 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Mitsubishi will be bringing four Racing Lancer vehicles to next year's challenging Dakar Rally and, while tearing up the landscape in a big SUV might not seem to be the most environmentally sound thing to do (because it's not) there is a green angle to the race. This is due to Mitsubishi's new ...

Dakar Rally canceled after terror threat 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What had been set to be the longest edition yet of the Dakar Rally now won't happen at all. A day before the race was due to kick off in Lisbon on Saturday, organizers decided to cancel the entire event. A series of terrorist attacks, including the Dec. 24 killing of a French family in Mauritania ...

VW tackle longest ever Dakar Rally with 4 Race Touareg 2 TDIs 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

January 2008 will mark the thirtieth running of the Dakar Rally in which competitors spend sixteen days racing thousands of miles across the Sahara. The course has been lengthened 3564 miles this time and Volkswagen is set to take another shot at beating the Mitsubishi Pajeros. The Mitsubishis have ...


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