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Would you believe that a MINI won the Dakar rally this year? Perhaps a car brand that's as far from its roots in purposeful simplicity is a fitting metaphor for a rally named after a place in Africa that, for the first time this year, entered Peru. More »
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So you're a billionaire Emir and you're convinced all those South Asian temporary workers building up your next 90-story development are going to revolt against you any day now. You need a Dakar-grade escape vehicle, but which one? Kamaz is here to help you decide. More »
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Anyone else tired of press conferences and soggy croissants? Here's a mega-gallery of action from the 2010 Silk Way Rally, the precursor to The Dakar that runs 3,000 miles across Russia from St. Petersberg to The Black Sea. Nostrovia! More »
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It must be hard to be a retired Formula One driver. David Coulthard just visited the KAMAZ HQ in Moscow and was forced to hoon their Dakar race truck in the snow. Later, he also won a game of bingo. More »
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The Dakar is on its eighth day of its second year in South America. It's simultaneously the most interesting race in the world, yet the hardest to cover. Luckily, we've got an amazing set of images straight from Argentina. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5443799&view=rss&microfeed=true Dakar rally trucks never cease to amaze us. Neither do vehicles from the former Soviet Bloc. In that spirit, we present to you footage that involuntarily made us giggle. Seeing a beefcake brick drift a dirt-road corner like that indicates the driver's testes must sport an atomic number somewhere in the transuranic range. That said, given the rigors of Dakar, we're not entirely sure their half-life is exactly within the realm of accurate prediction. Oh, and avoid the soundtrack of this vid. Pick a song of your choice with a high BPM quotient, mute the clip and enjoy. We recommend Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown. Or something by Boyzone. Anything but this. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=261837&view=rss&microfeed=true I don't know about you, but we're having flashes of "Red Dawn. More »
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