Volkswagen Race Touareg 2

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Volkswagen Race Touareg 2
Overview
ManufacturerVolkswagen
Production2009-2011
Body and chassis
ClassRally raid
Layout4-wheel drive
Chronology
SuccessorVolkswagen Race Touareg 3

The Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 was an off-road competition car specially designed to take part in the rally raids with the main objective of winning the Dakar Rally.[1]

Dakar victories

Year Driver Co-driver
2008 (CE) Spain Carlos Sainz France Michel Périn
2009 South Africa Giniel de Villiers Germany Dirk von Zitzewitz
2010 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Lucas Cruz

NOTE: Because of the 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania, the ASO postponed and relocated the Dakar Rally in 2008, and the race became the Central Europe Rally. The ASO deferred all Dakar entries to that event, which is technically part of the Dakar lineage.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Volkswagen Race Touareg - three Dakar Rally wins in a row". snaplap.net. Retrieved 6 January 2018.

External links

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