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Peugeot is looking to defend its 2016 Dakar title with the new 3008 DKR. Details here. A number of changes compared to the Dakar winning 2008 DKR will need to work at peak performance over 10 000km of flat out racing if Peugeot is to win the toughest rally in...

Great news for South African Dakar fans is that Toyota Gazoo Racing today unveiled its revolutionary new Toyota Hilux Evo Dakar challenger at Kyalami. The team also confirmed that multiple Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah and navigator Matthieu Baumel will join South African Giniel de Villiers and Germany’s Dirk von Zitzewitz and...

Toyota’s Gazoo motorsport division is competing on several world stages including the Dakar rally and the World Endurance Championship yet its latest target is to enter the World Rally Championship in 2017. The Toyota Yaris WRC has already completed 5000km of testing. “We have completed a lot of test sessions since...

Environmental impact has put an end to Chile’s hopes of being part of next year’s Dakar rally for a second consecutive year.  This decision was opposed by 42 deputies, enough to veto the 33 who did approve the decision while 17 abstained. The minister of sport, Natalia Riffo, says...

Dakar coverage on DSTV is thin but Toyota’s  own intrepid videographers managed to capture the essence of Part 1 leading up to the rest day. Interviews with team principle Glyn Hall are insightful and as the race returns to lower V8-assisting altitudes Gazoo Racing is confident of moving up the...