The three Defenders that tackled this year’s Dakar Rally (p48) represented the first works entry on the gruelling rally raid from JLR or its predecessors. But it wasn’t the first time a manufacturer-o

The Dakar Rally bivouac is a vast, sprawling, transient community, a ragtag collection of vans, trucks and tents sprouting from the hardscrabble Arabian Desert. Walking through the camp is like steppi

BRAKES! BRAAAKES!!THE LAST SHOUTED FROM THE WHOLE CHEST, FINGERNAILS CLEAVING INTO THE JESUS HANDLE ON THE LAND CRUISER'S CENTRE CONSOLE. HE STIG HAS LITERALLY NO SELF-CONTROL. Or sense of self-preser

Andy Bacon’s massive Range Rover project took every square inch available

In 1974, I hitchhiked with my girlfriend Lesley from John o’Groats to Land’s End in 10 days. After 46 years of happy marriage, Lesley died from breast cancer in October 2022. Losing the love of my lif

The sixth Dakar Classic, in Saudi Arabia from 3-17 January, was the longest yet, at 7281km (more than 4500 miles) across the prologue and 13 stages. The rally started and finished in Yanbu, on the Red