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| 2011 VW Race Touareg 3 |
It seems Red Bull had a quite an affect on the VW Dakar Rally Team, not that they drank many of them before the races, of course. According to a report from CNN, the Team has won two of the Dakar Rally Events so far with Carlos Sainz behind the wheel of this VW Race Touareg 3. Even though it's diesel powered, don't doubt for a second that it isn't fast. Its Twin-Turbodiesel V6 produces 296 horsepower with 442 lb.-ft. of torque. 0 to 60 is done in a surprising 6.1 seconds and it will hit a top speed on tarmac of 117 MPH. On road, that's not really fast. On Dakar dirt, however, that's pretty fast. Not to mention that it's driven by a very good rally driver. Carlos Sainz of Spain was a former WRC rally driver for Ford, Toyota, Subaru, Citroën, and Lancia. He joined T1 rally in 2006 with the VW Race Touareg 2 and won the Dakar Rally in 2010. Another fun fact for all you soccer fans out there; he once ran for president of the Real Madrid F.C. He lost the election though.
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