Yet another manufacturer is trimming the fat and pulling-the-pin on extracurricular activities: Mitsubishi has announced it will withdraw from the famous Dakar series and all other cross-country races. At this stage there has been no mention of Mitsubishi’s plans for its WRC presence.

No surprises for guessing the reasons behind the move either, our unwelcome house [...]

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Originally known as the Paris-Dakar, the Dakar Rally had been staged in North Africa since 1978. Last year’s event however was cancelled on the eve of the start after terrorists killed seven people in the area and made direct threats to the rally organizers. For 2009, sensibly you’d reckon, the Dakar was moved to South [...]

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The 2009 Dakar rally (which, ironically, no longer finishes in the West African city of Dakar, but on a different continent altogether) is set to begin January 3, and rally teams across the world are busy working away on this year’s field of contenders.

Volkswagen has had a long involvement in past Dakar Rallies, and there’s [...]

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