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CAMPANA, ARGENTINA – The Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa team arrived safely on location in South America, and have been progressing well with preparations for Dakar 2016. The team also completed a shakedown of the three competing Toyota Hilux vehicles, confirming that they are ready to tackle the world’s toughest motorsport event, which starts on […]

PENULTIMATE STAGE OF DAKAR 2015 SEES STEADY PERFORMANCES BY BOTH TOYOTA IMPERIAL SA DAKAR TEAM CREWS ROSARIO – Stage 12, the penultimate stage of Dakar 2015, saw the race crews compete in a testing 298 km-long special, which took them from the riverside town of Termas Rio Hondo to the city of Rosario – and […]

POULTER IMPRESSES EARLY ON STAGE TWO OF DAKAR 201 SAN JUAN – The longest single stage of Dakar 2015 – 518 km of rocks, sand and dust. That’s what the crews faced on the leg from the riverside town of Villa Carlos Paz to the arid San Juan, near the foothills of the Andes. And […]

The South African Toyota Hilux Dakar Rally Team arrived back home in South Africa today on the 20th of January 2014. We here at Car Site were invited to the press conference and to be part of the welcoming committee to welcome back the South African Dakar Rally Hero’s. The press conference were slightly different […]

De Villiers / Von Zitzewitz 4th Overall, Poulter/howie 33rd With One Stage Remaining With just the 157-kilometre final special stage of the 2014 Dakar Rally remaining on Saturday and 4 753 kilometres of racing section behind them, South Africa’s Giniel de Villiers and German co-driver Dirk on Zitzewitz (Toyota Imperial Hilux) are in fourth position […]

TOYOTA PICKS THINGS UP WITH THE NEW HILUX DAKAR EDITION Toyota has launched a new limited edition version of South Africa’s all-time best-selling vehicle – the Toyota Hilux. Called the Hilux Dakar Edition, this special range celebrates the stellar performance of the Hilux in the 2013 Dakar Rally. The announcement of the new Dakar model […]

A HOT DAY IN CHILE FOR THE TOYOTA IMPERIAL SOUTH AFRICA TEAM De Villiers and Von Zitzewitz third on special stage 12, second overall Four SA-built customer Toyota Hilux 4x4s all climbed the leader board It was a good day in hot Chile for the five South African-built Toyota Hilux 4x4s on the Dakar Rally […]

Yesterday Giniel De Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz lost some valuable time in their Dakar 2013 Rally when the road literally closed in front of them and cutting them off from the riders in front.

The Dakar 2013 Rally is taking place from January 5, 2013 to the January 19, 2013 in Peru, Chile and Argentina. We have been following Giniel de Villiers one of South Africa’s drivers in the Dakar 2013 very closely during the race, Giniel de Villiers are one of the favorites to win the Dakar 2013 […]

Dakar Rally 2013 – Peru, South America Day 3 Glen Hall Talks about the toughest day for the Toyota Hilux team so far at the Dakar. Yesterday Giniel ended in Second place and today they have ended in 8th place when he and Dirk von Zitzewitz got lost in the dunes and unfortunately lost valuable […]