BACK IN THE 1980s, long before Honda introduced Pilot, the sport/utility vehicle, the company sold Pilot, the mini-buggy, based on a Honda all-terrain vehicle. While the 400-cc, 40-hp two-stroke Pilot ...

The annual Dakar Rally has been casting some doubt on whether four-wheel drive is really the superior technology for serious off-road racing. Peugeot has exploited regulation incentives for 2WD ...

The Mini-backed X-raid team has found major success in the fabled Dakar rally, scoring four successive overall victories in the race from 2012 to 2015. Usually found in the desert muscling the best ...

Jonathan loves just about anything with a motor and a steering wheel. As a kid, Jonathan collected any kind of toy car he could lay his hands on, and begged his parents to take him to the monster ...

Two months left until the start of next year’s Dakar rally, and the drivers who plan to compete in the race have already begun getting their gear ready. For Cyril Despres, Stéphane Peterhansel and ...

Buggies have been quite controversial in the off-road world over the last decade or so. Their radical capabilities have been something to marvel at, but some wheelers complain about the lack of ...

MINI has introduced the new John Cooper Works Buggy which will compete in the 2018 Dakar Rally. Set to be driven by the X-raid team, the JCW Buggy is a rear-wheel drive model that is powered by a ...

The best kind of vehicle for off-road racing is one that uses a four-wheel-drive system, everyone knows that. Except that might not always be the case, and the French from Peugeot proved it repeatedly ...