Audi RS Q e-tron pictured above: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured above: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Tough test in the desert
Audi is facing one of the greatest challenges in motorsport for the third time: The brand with the four rings is taking on the famous Dakar Rally with the Audi RS Q e-tron¹. The alternative drivetrain² concept of the Audi RS Q e-tron¹ combines an electric drivetrain² with a high-voltage battery and an energy converter². Audi was the first manufacturer to develop a car for the T1U class of the Dakar Rally’s regulations. The goal: The electrically² powered off-road car should take part and be competitive in one of the toughest motorsport events.
Team Audi Sport made a successful debut at the 2022 edition of the Dakar Rally and scored four stage victories and 14 stage podium results during the two-week event. The Audi RS Q e-tron¹ was significantly improved for the 2023 Dakar Rally. In addition to two stage wins and 14 daily results within the top three, the Audi RS Q e-tron¹ led the 2023 Dakar Rally for three days for the first time. Since then, Team Audi Sport has continued to optimize the vehicle for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
¹This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
²The Audi RS Q e-tron combines an electric drivetrain with an energy converter system based on the TFSI engine and a generator.
¹This vehicle mentioned here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model.
²The Audi RS Q e-tron combines an electric drivetrain with an energy converter system based on the TFSI engine and a generator.
First Dakar
2022
January 2022
Stage podiums
28
Dakar Rally 2022 and 2023
Driver crews
3
from 3 nations
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured above: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Audi RS Q e-tron pictured above: This vehicle shown here is the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Past events
The foundation of our Dakar Rally programme
Get to know Audi and the Dakar Rally
An adventure for Audi: After many international successes in a wide range of categories, the brand with the four rings returned to rallying in 2022 – a form of competition that marked the beginning of the brand’s successful history in motorsport. From 1981, the Audi quattro revolutionized rallying.
Dakar –
Behind
the scenes
Audi RS Q e-tron, pictured in the images above: These vehicles shown here are the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
Audi RS Q e-tron, pictured in the images above: These vehicles shown here are the Rally Dakar vehicle that is not available as a production model. Closed course, professional driver. Do not attempt.
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