JLR is working on a rally raid vehicle based on the Defender Octa, and it's set to enter the 2026 World Rally Raid ...

the Affalterbach-powered coupe tips the scales at 4,343 pounds (1,970 kilograms) compared to 3,268 pounds (1,482 kilograms) for the 2024 Porsche 911 Dakar. Fred Bailey of Edmonton BMW is the ...

One of the most unique and challenging events in racing is here. The Dakar Rally, a 12-stage automotive quest across the vast deserts, rocky mountains and coastal plains of Saudi Arabia, begins Friday ...

The vehicles that the brand intends to use are referred to as ‘competition-spec’ models, albeit ones based on the new performance-focused Defender Octa currently on sale. The Dakar rally is ...

Genesis has revealed a special off-road GV80 for a legendary racer who won the 1983 Paris–Dakar Rally ... and yellow fog lights add to the rally-spec appearance. Additional lighting via pod ...

It was a historic day for Saudi Arabia motor racing. Saudi Arabian racer Yazeed Al-Rajhi won the 2025 Dakar Rally on Friday, capping off the two-week event in style. Al-Rajhi became the first ...

Porsche's 911 Dakar and Taycan Cross Turismo ... What If starts with wheels snagged from a Porsche 959 and shod in rally-spec off-road tires. The suspension has the Corrado sitting taller than ...

For the first time since 1994, the overall Dakar winner won on home soil as Yazeed Al Rajhi became the first Saudi Arabian to win the desert rally. The only other competitor to win at home was ...

The 47th edition of the Dakar Rally will begin from January 3, 2025, till January 17, 2025, in Saudi Arabia. The 2025 edition of one of the most prestigious and grueling motorsport events globally ...

Jan 3 (Reuters) - Toyota's Henk Lategan won the Dakar Rally car prologue in Saudi Arabia on Friday, ahead of Ford M-Sport's Mattias Ekstroem and five-times champion Nasser Al-Attiyah with the ...

SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia — Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day Wednesday. South Africa ...

BISHA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Defending champion Carlos Sainz was nearly an hour off the pace in the Dakar Rally after his car flipped in the Saudi Arabia dunes on Sunday. Local driver Yazeed Al ...