Yazeed Al-Rajhi made history this year by becoming the first Saudi driver to win the Dakar Rally in the car category ... navigating the punishing desert terrain with precision.

To understand this place is to understand something fundamental about the challenge of the Dakar Rally ... desert while Heger and Eddy got him up to speed on the latest changes to the race car.

Porsche took the 911 in a new direction with the 992 Dakar, that direction being vertical, and for 2026, the innovative, rally-inspired sports car returns ... added a special paint scheme.

Genesis brand ambassador Jacky Ickx, 80, drove part of the 2025 Dakar Rally in a GV80 Ickx drove a bespoke GV80 known as the Desert Edition ... automaker's LMDh endurance race car, and the return ...

Nonetheless, the Genesis GV80 Desert ... car, though Genesis doesn’t explicitly say so. The GV80's unique livery pays homage to the helmet design Ickx wore during his victory at the 1983 Dakar ...

Against the backdrop of endless desert ... the Dakar to waste time and the little amount of time we’ve had together has been fun for Max and me. I am comfortable and familiar with the car ...

Genesis has introduced the GV80 Desert Edition, designed for the 2025 Dakar Rally. The one-off features ... and 37 major World Sports Car wins under his belt.

Sabine had so much fun nearly dying in the African dunes that he organized an international rally based on desert navigation. The very next year, 170-odd people raced with him from Paris to Dakar ...

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 ...

who knows – maybe we’ll see a Genesis compete in the Dakar rally. Jake has been an automotive journalist since 2015, joining CAR as Staff Writer in 2017. With years of car news and reviews ...