3 Oct 2012, 07:16 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Intermot, Cologne, Germany, saw Honda announce their new Dakar beast, CRF 450 Rally. After a very long absence from this legendary enduro competition, Honda's interest in this segment seems to ...
23 Jan 2012, 01:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While most car enthusiasts agree that Formula 1 is the apogee of motor racing, there’s one competition that really sends shivers down your spine. Called “The Dakar Rally” but also ...
18 Jan 2012, 09:33 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / David and Goliath, the hare and the tortoise, Germany vs the US, MINI vs Hummer. That’s what this year’s Dakar Rally, which has moved from Africa to South America, was all about. Cove...
28 Apr 2011, 08:36 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / While Formula 1 figures are looking with distrust at the FIA's attempts to create a parallel, global racing series for electric cars, it seems that some car manufacturers are actually fancying ...
27 Dec 2010, 21:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if the Dakar Rally long stopped being one of the iconic events in motorsports, the legacy of its name still causes excitement in those involved in the automotive industry. Car manufacturers and...
24 Nov 2010, 11:11 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / BMW will do everything in its power to finally take the Dakar Rally crown off their German rivals Volkswagen in the cars category. And by that we mean the German manufacturer will line up its bigges...
6 Jul 2010, 12:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / One good old saying goes like this “If it works, why change it?” Well, that certainly doesn't apply to motor racing, where one victory is not necessarily followed by another one unl...
21 Jun 2010, 14:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In what is perhaps the saddest coverage of a set of spyshots we've ever done, here's the 2011 Race Touareg. We say saddest because, you know, there's no chance in freezing hell we...
14 Apr 2010, 13:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The tuning industry has been on a constant growing trend over the years and now customers can order whatever crosses their mind, being sure that there will be at least one modifier who will give bir...
16 Jan 2010, 15:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jenson Button admitted that he would be interested in competing in the Dakar Rally as a privateer. The reigning champion of Formula One is apparently a big fan of the South American event and, durin...
8 Jan 2010, 06:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Though he may have little chances of winning another Dakar Rally this year, legendary French driver Stephane Peterhansel proved everyone that he can bounce back from any disastrous situation he may ...
7 Jan 2010, 10:53 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The fifth stage of the 2010 Dakar Rally competition saw Carlos Sainz move into first place overall. The stage from Copiapo to Antofagasta was won by Volkswagen’s Mark Miller, after Stephane Pe...
6 Jan 2010, 06:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / As we've said yesterday, a new day brings a new stage winner in the 2010 Dakar Rally. Today, it was American racer Robby Gordon to take his Hummer to the top of the time classification in the c...
5 Jan 2010, 09:55 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Another day, another stage winner and yet another overall leader in the 2010 edition of the Dakar Rally. Following the action in Day 3 of the South American event, it is legendary driver Stephane Pe...
4 Jan 2010, 08:50 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nasser Al-Attiyah returned to his winning ways in the Dakar Rally on Monday, after clinching the top spot in the second stage of the South American event. Not only the Volkswagen driver managed to o...
16 Dec 2009, 13:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Chery has confirmed its participation in the 2010 Dakar Rally, thus becoming the first Chinese automaker to take part in what is probably the harshest race on Earth. Rival company Great Wall Motors ...
8 Feb 2009, 18:29 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / If you’ve been reading our news reports, you should know that this week has been mostly about bleak sales forecasts and such. We won’t go through every manufacturer affected by the crisi...
4 Feb 2009, 08:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / No more Dakar Rally for Mitsubishi. Following the example of several other manufacturers out there, the Japanese car maker decided to cut their racing programmes down to a minimum due to the economi...
28 Jan 2009, 10:23 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Marcus Gronholm might have ended his career in the World Rally Championship, but the Finnish ace is certainly looking for new challenges in his post-WRC era. After competing in the 44th edition of t...
19 Jan 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Giniel de Villiers won the historical South American edition of the Dakar Rally this year. Not only did the South African driver manage to maintain his advantage to second place Mark Miller, but he ...