Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The 2010 Dakar Rally will put bikes, quads, cars and trucks to the test through 5,600 miles of South American terrain and we've got the official route map. Fiambalá here we come! [ Motorbiker.org via MahindraPlanet ]
Autopia (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Paris-Dakar Rally is a race so crazy competitors have been taken out by land mines. To say it’s grueling is like saying Carrie Prejean likes shooting video. Just what sort of vehicle is required to take on a race where normal conditions include searing heat, towering dunes, ginormous rocks and weather conditions that would [...]
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Company: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles () Release summary: It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims from January 2010 during the world's toughest rally. Date of issue: 18th November, 2009 Contact: John Rawlings, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, +44 (0)1908 601478, john.rawlings@vwcv.co.uk URL: Image: The Volkswagen...
GlobalMotors.net (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Volkswagen announced that its new upcoming Amarok Pickup will be the official vehicle for 2010 Dakar Rally. A total of 35 Amarok Pickups will be supplied, with 20 going to the organiser and 15 for press and shuttle services. Volkswagen claims that Amarok is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky - [...]
INAUTONEWS (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those claims from January 2010 during the world’s toughest rally. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is the “Official Supplier” to the Dakar Rally and a partner to the organiser, the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.). The new pickup [...] > Read complete article inside...
GlobalMotors.net (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
This here is a preview to a Subaru Forester based rally car for the 2010 Dakar Rally. Barattero Motorsport and YPF Elaion with some help from Subaru are behind this desert beast. With the actualy Forester this rally car has not much in common. Named Elaion it is tube-framed, with a carbon fiber and kevlar body. Power [...]
autoshowplanet.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Filed under: Motorsports, Truck, Volkswagen Volkswagn Amarok pickup - click above to enlarge Two months from now, Volkswagen will be expanding its involvement in the annual Dakar Rally in South America. Just as they did last January, factory-backed teams will be competing in the 5.600 mile race through Argentina and Chile. However, this time, those [...]
eGMCarTech (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The new Volkswagen Amarok pickup has been named the official vehicle of the 2010 Dakar Rally. Twenty units of the Volkswagen pickup will provide race support for the Rally’s organizer and 15 will be used to drive the press along the route. “The Volkswagen Amarok is Volkswagen’s answer to the pickup and on the Dakar Rally [...]
AutoMotoPortal.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Hannover, 16th November 2009. It is durable, robust and can tackle any road, no matter how tricky: the Volkswagen Amarok will have to prove those... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Leftlane (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Although the official production model has still not been shown to the public, Volkswagen announced this morning that it will supply 35 Amarok pickup trucks to be used as support vehicles for the grueling Dakar Rally in South America beginning early next year. The Amarok, which isn’t expected to be sold in North America, is VW’s [...]
>>>>> Neon Lite Loves Disco <<<<< (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Enjoy a few. :~) Bulldog puppy taunts cat. Worlds’ fastest and slowest land animals. Football player takes flight. Modern Warfare 3 gameplay. Hussar Dakar Rally concept. World’s smallest mother to risk giving birth for third time. Martian landscapes. Google doodles from different countries you haven’t seen. People of public transit. And finally, crossword. Later…..
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
It's Veterans Day, and we honor those who serve (really, we should probably make it Veterans Year) by honoring the vehicles they drive every day and ask: what military land vehicle do you want as a daily driver. As excited as Siler is by the possibility of driving around NYC every day in an M1A1 with a bumper sticker reading "Free Driving Lessons" on the back, we're going with something...
UniqueDaily.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
“Could this concept car be a glimpse into the future of high-speed, off-road rally racing? Designer Klaud Wasiak thinks so, and has created the Hussar Dakar Rally Concept to show just how far these vehicles can go. The Hassar Dakar is inspired by Polish winged cavalry uniforms of the 18th century, giving this vehicle a [...]
AutoMotoPortal.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Volkswagen will field five Race Touaregs as the team bids to defend one of the most challenging international motorsport events, the Dakar Rally. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Given never ending concerns over Chinese quality, completing the punishing cross-continental Dakar Rally could send the right message. Both Greatwall and Geely are planning to enter the race as a proof-of-competency in vehicles that at least look like Pajeros. [ ChinaCarTimes ]
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