Two months left until the start of next year’s Dakar rally, and the drivers who plan to compete in the race have already begun getting their gear ready. For Cyril Despres, Stéphane Peterhansel and ...

With January’s Dakar Rally fast approaching, Mini has lifted the curtain on the buggy it hopes will carry its drivers to victory. The X-raid Mini John Cooper Works buggy features design tweaks ...

The annual Dakar Rally has been casting some doubt on whether four-wheel drive is really the superior technology for serious off-road racing. Peugeot has exploited regulation incentives for 2WD ...

The Mini-backed X-raid team has found major success in the fabled Dakar rally, scoring four successive overall victories in the race from 2012 to 2015. Usually found in the desert muscling the best ...

The X-raid team are seeking a fifth Dakar victory, and with further improvements made to the Mini JCW Buggy, they have a good chance of achieving it. Under the hood, Sainz’s X-raid Mini JCW Buggy ...