This year’s Dakar Rally includes 5,145 timed kilometers (3,196 miles) of racing across 12 stages. The Dacia team claimed a 1-2 victory at October’s Rallye du Maroc event in Morocco.

Dacia Sandriders will run an innovative new driver safety device on the team's debut at the Dakar Rally. The manufacturer will use a 'seat attenuator' to absorb impacts over the rough terrain as ...