Volkswagen Race Touareg 2

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The Volkswagen Race Touareg 2 is an off-road competition car specially designed to take part in the rally raids with the main objective of winning the Dakar Rally.{{cite web|url=http://www.snaplap.net/volkswagen-race-touareg/|title=Volkswagen Race Touareg - three Dakar Rally wins in a row|publisher=snaplap.net|accessdate=6 January 2018}}

Dakar victories

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! Year

! Driver

! Co-driver

2008 (CE)

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Périn

2009

| {{flagicon|RSA}} Giniel de Villiers

| {{flagicon|GER}} Dirk von Zitzewitz

2010

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sainz

| {{flagicon|ESP}} 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 2008 Central Europe Rally. The ASO deferred all Dakar entries to that event, which is technically part of the Dakar lineage.

See also

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