61-Year-Old Carlos Sainz Continues To Dominate Desert Racing’s Toughest Event

61-Year-Old Carlos Sainz Continues To Dominate Desert Racing’s Toughest Event

The 61-year-old Spaniard rally champion — Carlos Sainz, Sr. — has won his fourth (and Audi’s first) Dakar in his 17th year competing in the legendary event. This year he won the race in a unique way, without taking a single stage victory, and running a consistently quick and relatively trouble-free event. Sainz and co-driver … Read more

Audi RS Q E-tron Has Built-In Jack For Tire Swaps At Dakar 2024

Audi RS Q E-tron Has Built-In Jack For Tire Swaps At Dakar 2024

The 2024 Dakar Rally is one stage away from the end, and Carlos Sainz is in the lead. If the 61-year old driver wins, Audi will go out on top in a number of important ways. This is the last time out at Dakar for the carmaker, which said it would be pulling out of … Read more

Audi Q8 E-Tron Edition Dakar Has Decent Off-Road Upgrades

Audi Q8 E-Tron Edition Dakar Has Decent Off-Road Upgrades

Photo: Audi Audi made its return to the Dakar Rally in 2022 with the awesome RS Q E-Tron, a wild-looking dedicated race rig that uses a two electric motors powered by a gasoline four-cylinder engine. While the RS Q E-Tron has yet to see major success in the rally — in its first year the … Read more