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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

The Truth About Cars

The challenge is to create a rally raid car and then sorta-kinda follow the route of the old Paris-Dakar rally, the challenging race that you might think has run from Paris, France to Dakar, Senegal since its inception in 1977. This special is now half over, but already long out of juice. Did you know there’s no alcohol here?

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

Its own stepchild, the inaugural Extreme E series, is staging electric off-road battles in such exotic locales as Greenland, Senegal, and Sardinia, with five teams led by racing superstars including Chip Ganassi , Nico Rosberg and Michael Andretti. So the GT4 can blast through a full Cup race at the sweet spot of 603 horsepower.

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