Some of the most talented and skillful drivers ever have taken on the Dakar in finely-tuned vehicles. But for others, racing thousands of kilometers with a set of brilliantly engineered wheels is ...

Some are racing for the front, others are in the vanguard of developing new fuels and driving technology, so let’s take a look at some of the most eye-catching vehicles at the Dakar Rally 2024.

Fast-forward almost 40 years. How many sports-car buyers today venerate the Paris–Dakar as Porsche's all-wheel-drive puberty? Six or seven, easy. Porsche swears it's more, thus the 959 ...

The very next year, 170-odd people raced with him from Paris to Dakar in Senegal. Only 74 vehicles crossed the finish line, immediately establishing the Dakar Rally as the ultimate contest between ...

It’s the Raptor T1+, a car purpose-built to enter the 2025 running of the world’s greatest off-road race: The Dakar Rally. Since 1979, the Dakar has tested all manner of two- and four-wheel ...

Over some of the most unforgiving desert terrain in the world, the Dakar attracts tenacious, dogged competitors who push their vehicles (and themselves) to the max. For the 2025 rally, Ford ...

The class breakdown is pretty straightforward: Bikes, cars, trucks, lightweight vehicles, and Dakar Classic. Bikes are separated as RallyGP (the big-dog pros), Rally2 (amateurs or semi-pro riders ...

The 2024 Porsche 911 Dakar is quite simply the most fun 911 I’ve had the pleasure to drive on the road. Yes, even more so than a GT3. It’s such a revelation of a sports car that it’s truly a ...

However, our scales said our 2023 911 Dakar test car came in at 3,655 pounds, though we weighed it with the optional rally-lights-equipped roof-basket cargo-carrying system in place. (More on that ...

Overall, the Porsche 911 Dakar weighs in at 1605kg, which is only 10kg heavier than the donor vehicle despite all of the extra gear. This is further helped by a lightweight battery and lighter ...