I still need more experience to win the Dakar
Born February 17, 1972, in Spain. Like Peterhansel, Roma won the Dakar on two wheels before switching to the car category. After winning the European Enduro Championship in 1994, he contested the Dakar for the first time in 1996. Prior to being spotted by Mitsubishi in the summer of 2006, he won the bike category ... [ more ]

Ready to win the Dakar again in 2008
Born August 6, 1965*, in France. Alphand is a famous figure especially in Europe because he was the 1997 World Cup Alpine Ski Champion. Today, he has traded his skis for a successful career in motor sport, including participations with his own team in the Le Mans 24 Hours and with Mitsubishi in cross-country rallies, including ... [ more ]

Six wins for 'Mister' Dakar
Born August 6, 1965, in France. Seen by many as 'Mister' Dakar, St鰨ane Peterhansel stands out as the event's most successful biker with a score of six wins to his name from eight starts between 1991 and 1998. In 1999, he switched to four wheels and joined the Mitsubishi squad in the summer of 2002 before claiming his first win in ... [ more ]

Technical Overview
The Pajero/Montero Evolution is a Super Production rally car which complies with the FIA Group T1 technical regulations (modified cross-country rally car) that came into force in 2002. The car prepared for the 2003 event featured the same development codename (MPR10) as its predecessor. The introduction of technical evolutions saw the codename ... [ more ]

Intensive, detailed work for optimum performance
Fifteen days through the desert, on hard tracks and through soft sand, temperatures between freezing and over 40 degrees centigrade: The Dakar Rallye that will start in Lisbon on 5 January and will end in Senegal on 20 January, after 15 legs covering a total distance of 9,273 kilometres, is one of the toughest ... [ more ]

The Dakar Rally will be longer, tougher and more difficult
Volkswagen expects an exceptionally demanding Dakar Rally for the 30th anniversary of the desert classic from 5 to 20 January 2008. The four Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 cars fielded by the factory team have to prove themselves in the fight against their competitors across a total distance of 9,273 kilometres. ... [ more ]

In the Volkswagen Race Touareg
When Mark Miller and Ralph Pitchford start to the Dakar Rally in Lisbon on 05 January the atmosphere in the cockpit of the 280-hp Volkswagen Race Touareg is guaranteed to be good. "Ralph and I get along great,? says Miller. The American and his South African co-driver are not only a harmonious pairing on the personal level: Having ... [ more ]

Special appearance at opening of Rally Ireland
he Red Bull team's VW Touareg, the top in cross-country rallying, will make a special appearance at the Super Special Stage event to be held when Rally Ireland kicks off on Thursday the 15th of November in Stormont, Belfast.

Northern Ireland's own Eddie Irvine will be there to take the wheel of the Red Bull ... [ more ]

Just like in the old days, says Volkswagen driver
Volkswagen finishes the 2007 season in cross-country rally sport in preparation for the 2008 Dakar Rally with an impressive title win: In the UAE Desert Challenge, which marked the 20th competition of the Race Touareg, Volkswagen factory driver Carlos Sainz won the drivers' classification in the FIA Cross-Country ... [ more ]

Double WRC winner has title in his grasp
Carlos Sainz can bridge a 15-year gap by clinching a third world rally crown in next week's UAE Desert Challenge.

The dashing Spaniard goes into the spectacular 2,210-km event holding a six-point lead over big rival and defending Desert Challenge champion Luc Alphand in the race for the drivers' title in this year's ... [ more ]