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Volkswagen Race Touareg 2

Field	Value
name	Volkswagen Race Touareg 2
image	VW Race Touareg 2 blue vl EMS.jpg
manufacturer	Volkswagen
production	2009-2011
successor	Volkswagen Race Touareg 3
class	Rally raid
layout	4-wheel drive

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.

Dakar victories

Year	Driver	Co-driver	2008 (CE)	2009	2010
ESP Carlos Sainz	FRA Michel Périn
RSA Giniel de Villiers	GER Dirk von Zitzewitz
ESP Carlos Sainz	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.

References

"Volkswagen Race Touareg - three Dakar Rally wins in a row". snaplap.net.

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