This Kei Truck-Based Dakar Racer Makes Me Think The Future Is In Safe Hands Certain sections of the internet like to call out the younger generations’ interest in electric vehicles and concerns over the state of the planet as a sign that car culture is on its way out. That’s probably not the case and instead young people just aren’t interested in your V8 muscle car anymore, Gramps. Instead,… Read more…

You Don’t Have What It Takes To Race Dakar In A 28-Year-Old French Off-Road Supercar Racing in the grueling two-week desert endurance spectacle known as the Dakar Rally is not for those weak of constitution. You have to be at the top of your game, mentally, physically, and emotionally, just to make it to the end of the race, and that’s if you have zero on-course issues. You might think you can handle… Read more…

Sebastien Loeb Dumps Dented Dakar Dacia It goes without saying that Sebastien Loeb is among the greatest rally drivers in human history, but his luck in the Dakar hasn’t exactly been good. During Tuesday’s third stage Loeb suffered a medium-speed roll in his Dacia Sandrider that scattered parts in all directions. Just like Carlos Sainz the day before, Loeb… Read more…

Land Rover Is Taking The Defender To Dakar With the Dakar Rally just weeks away from kicking off the 47th edition of the famed event, held for the sixth time in Saudi Arabia, Land Rover announces its intentions to compete head-to-head with Ford in the top class for the 2026 event. The British company is building a Defender-looking machine as part of a… Read more…

To Hell With The 911 Dakar, Nissan Built A Rally Z All the sports car top dogs are being made into rally cars. Lamborghini has the Huracan Sterrato, Porsche has the 911 Dakar — all the cool kids are doing it. So why shouldn’t Nissan, with its rally heritage and shiny new sports car, do the same? Read more…

Porsche 911 Dakar Takes Every Shortcut On The Nürburgring Possible Five years ago, Porsche developed the 919 Evo, the unrestricted version of its three-time Le Mans-winning prototype. The German automaker’s factory racing team used the 919 Evo to shatter Nürburgring’s outright lap record by a 51-second margin. While not restrained by a regulatory body, the sports prototype still had… Read more…