While the Lexus-inspired LFA-II GT concept drew most of the spotlight at the Nihon Automobile College (NATS) booth in Tokyo, ...

a new mini-city will have to be created from scratch in the midst of sand and stones. - In duplicate - "Each site takes around 10 days to set up," says Arnaud Calestroupat, Dakar logistics manager.

And the Dakar Rally is no exception to that particular rule, either. The Mini All4 Racing team won in 2012, again in 2013 and has just won it again for 2014. Not only did it win again, but it took ...

On each Dakar, the organisers have to provide around 10 bivouacs like this one, which follow the competitors as they make their way across the Arabian Peninsula, where the competition has pitched its ...