What drives people to do it? Two-time Dakar-winner Timo Gottschalk tells us. Skip next section More on Cars and Transportation from around the world ...

A great example is the B32, a VW Transporter T3 with a Porsche VIN, used to transport spare parts for the 959 ... 911 Dakar, itself a tribute to the brand’s 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally winner.

GP100 Winner Inspired by the iconic 953 and 959 rally machines that conquered the challenging Paris-Dakar race, the 911 Dakar goes beyond conventional sports car boundaries in requisite Porsche ...

Over three decades since the Dakar 959 traversed Africa's toughest terrain ... Nevertheless, with Le Mans winner Romain Dumas at the wheel, one of the cars reached an impressive peak altitude ...