Ford's Dakar Rally team got off to a great start in Saturday's prologue to the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia as Mattias Ekstrom and America's Mitch Guthrie finished 1-2, while America's Sara Price led the T2 class.

The Dakar Rally gets under way Saturday, Jan. 3, marking the seventh running of the legendary rally raid to be held in Saudi Arabia. The rally will unfold through stages across nature, following a new route from the Red Sea coast across the desert plains of Saudi Arabia will test...

Defender Rally, the new Dakar and rally raid program from JLR, has completed its first test with its Defender Dakar D7X-R in the Sahara Desert.Following initial tests with early prototypes, this was the first time the competition-spec car had been put through its paces. The test took place in Erfoud,...