TDI

This week, a team of three drivers will set out to tackle a 23,000 km (14,291 mile) drive from Melbourne, Australia to its sister city of St Petersburg in Russia.

It was the usual suspects once more in the 2011 Dakar Rally. Volkswagen's TDI diesel Touaregs went 1-2-3, KTM's 450s went 1-2 for the tenth time in a row and Kamaz's Vladimir Chagin repeated last year's win.

Audi has unveiled the new R18, a closed carbon fiber monocoque coupe specifically developed for the Le Mans 24 Hours,

VW TDI technology went 1-2-3 in the 2010 Dakar Rally, with Carlos Sainz taking the win. In the motorcycles, Depres won his third Dakar, and KTM its tenth. Yamaha dominated the Quads with a 1-2-3, and Kamaz took its ninth truck win.

July 18, 2005 Our recent articles on The coming of the electric motorcycle and the Electric superbike brought a flurry of response from our readers pointing