It's not easy vying for the top spot when you're the new kid in town, debuting three teams in the newly revamped Dakar Rally Stock class in Saudi Arabia. Defender, part of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), is ...

Audi's brief three-year stint competing at the Dakar Rally surprisingly ended with a victory last year as the German automaker shifted its focus and resources to its upcoming Formula One works program ...

Land Rover has announced that a Defender rally car will tackle Dakar in 2026. Furthermore, the Defender brand will be the official Dakar car partner between 2025 and 2028, supporting the events with a ...

On the third day of next year, the 2026 edition of the grueling desert race the world knows as the Dakar Rally will kick off in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, on the shores of the Red Sea. Over the course of ...

The 626-hp Defender Octa will serve as the basis for a new Defender rally raid vehicle being developed by a JLR works team for the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship, the premier event for which is ...

What do one of the world's most demanding races, the Dakar Rally, and one of the planet's most luxurious carmakers, Rolls-Royce, have in common? The simple answer is nothing, but the more nuanced one ...

It’s easy to see why Land Rover would want to work with the Dakar Rally. Since it was first held in 1979, the rally has widely been regarded as the world’s most challenging off-road race. It ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Dakar Desert Rally: Classics Vehicle Pack #2 Two legendary vehicles from 1982 and 1985 return to Dakar. The vintage Lada Niva 1600 4x4 and the iconic Honda ...