The 1980 Paris–Dakar win by Freddy Kottulinsky and Gerd Löffelmann came in the year Audi launched the quattro, whose four-wheel-drive layout the Iltis had supplied — proof of the system rather than a rally result.
Twenty-nine years later Volkswagen Motorsport returned with the Race Touareg and won three years running: Giniel de Villiers in 2009, Carlos Sainz in 2010 leading a one-two-three, and Nasser Al-Attiyah in 2011.
11980 – 1980
Paris–Dakar (1980)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERKottulinsky and Löffelmann in an Audi-prepared Iltis.
Registry records · chapter 1
22003 – 2011
Race Touareg (2003–2011)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThree consecutive Dakar wins and a clean sweep of the 2010 podium.
Registry records · chapter 2
Sources
- Volkswagen Iltis — Wikipedia
- Volkswagen Touareg — Wikipedia