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Dust-up in the dunes

WORDS: ED HARDY.

Dakar Rally, December 31-January 15

Audi made history at Dakar last year by being the first entrant to win a stage with a hybrid power unit. The German manufacturer is looking to take overall victory this time with what its driver Mattias Ekström calls “a Formula 1 car for the desert”.

With slimmed-down bodywork, Audi has completely re-sculpted its aerodynamics which

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