kscarbel2 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Dieciocho Ruedas / July 18, 2018 Ford Trucks will enter the Dakar 2019 with two 4x4 Cargo trucks developed by Belgian team VDR Truck Racing. For the first time ever, Ford Motor Company will participated in the Dakar rally in the trucks category. Ford and Belgium's VDR Truck Racing team are working together on the construction of two specially prepared 4x4 Ford Cargo trucks that will participate in the under-10 liter engine displacement category. In other words, these Ford Cargos will compete head on with Japan's Hino team. The project is being overseen by Ford Turkey, where the Cargo is produced for Europe, Middle East and Asia. By January 2019, the two Ford Cargo race trucks will be in Peru to compete in the Dakar rally. The 9-liter engine that Ford will use is its own proprietary unit developed and manufactured at Ford-Otosan in Turkey. The race version of the 9-liter Ecotorq is expected to be rated around 700 horsepower. The Ford-sponsored truck racing team will consist of 2 race trucks plus 4x4 Ford Transit and 6x6 Cargo support vehicles. Ford's presence in the 2019 Dakar rally is related to the truckmaker's worldwide expansion of its heavy truck range with the new flagship H62X making its global debut at the IAA show in September. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 VDR Truck Racing - http://www.vdrtruckracing.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Now that Ford is pretty much getting out of cars in North America, will Ford Racing's $$$ be transferred to big truck racing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 49 minutes ago, Maxidyne said: Now that Ford is pretty much getting out of cars in North America, will Ford Racing's $$$ be transferred to big truck racing? No. Rather, it comes out of the global truck sales marketing budget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james j neiweem Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 What will Ford be using in Nascar going forward? The only thing left will be the mustang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I think that Ford's plan was to go with the Mustang next year, anyway. Hope that it stops raining in Loudon soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macks in nigeria Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I don't understand why this is still called the Dakar rally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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