Range Rover Evoque headed to Dakar with BMW power announced

BMW has partnership with Land Rover is driver and equipment line up for 2012 and also for the 2013 Dakar Rally.

The partnership with the Excite Rally Raid Team is part of our desire to push our skills to the top of our sport. The team combines world class drivers with an experienced management, marketing and support crew, working with the tough and reliable RaBe Race Cars vehicle to fly the flag for Great Britain in the spirit of all the great British explorers and adventurers from history.

In fact, Excite Rallye Raid Team is the first professional, all-British team to ever set itssights on the Dakar Rally. Poole-based Excite Rallye Raid is the only professional, all-British Dakar Rally team to beentering the gruelling Dakar Rally in 2013.

The road to developing a serious car has been as tough as the race itself. After 4 years of testing and development, BMW-sourced 3.0-liter diesel engine with 275 hp (205 kW / 271 PS) and 650 Nm (479 lb-ft) of torque. With this reliability and the knowledge gained from testing in Morocco, we will be able to focus on the fine tuning of the D4_WN5 production version to leap into the world rally raid spotlight.

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