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In South America, only the peak of summer. In the Andes, it is still snowing now and then. The day before yesterday has captured the Dakar Rally. Stage of Fiambala in Argentina for 4
748 meters of the San Francisco Pass in the mining town of Copiapo Chile comes in the true sense of the word for nail-biter. Due to the snow storm that had been planned for the day's special stage was canceled, take a detour caravan marches 200 miles around the blocked area around. It remains to be fought, especially the motor driver with temperatures below zero degrees. Copiapo at the rally participants now have to rest during the day, chances are their cars, motorbikes, race trucks and thighs really check through. And they own to recharge again after about 4,000 miles driving distance and night, usually with less than six hours of sleep before the battery runs out tomorrow to go along the Pacific coast in the north.Even the Volkswagen commercial vehicles in the Dakar organization provided Amarok, Multivan Panamericana and 4MOTION all-wheel drive Crafter who has crossed the Andes with no problems. In addition to the new version of Amarok SingleCab especially new models with automatic transmission is also the rally's toughest cross country in the world will undergo extensive tests. Jump to the seemingly endless hills of the Andes, eight-level switch has been proven. So be ready for every pitch, the correct translation. Not to mention the increased comfort on stage to 800 kilometers daily. Amarok will be used by organizations in Dakar for a variety of tasks. Pickup only three hard back of the field and collect all along the route of the rally, rather than what is included in the desert. So at the end of stage one Amarok topple a giant truck tire at the back to the remains of bivouac of the puncture in the truck race.
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The new Crafter 4MOTION in Dakar in his element.Achleitner, thanks to the all-wheel drive, he can also use places greater material as a sign of the signal for the checkpoints to get off the beaten track. With three selected differential lock, rugged all-terrain tire tread and the body is defined by 100 millimeters high, even off-road hill road in the Atacama Desert there are no obstacles for a four-wheel drive models of the latest Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. On closing day, the Dakar Rally receive VIP visitors from Germany.Musicians Rudolf Schenker (Scorpions) and former boxing world champion Dariusz Michalczewski throw at the invitation Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Copiapo, not only in the unique atmosphere of this rally. To test the new 4MOTION Auto Amarok and new Crafter private in the dunes of Chile. A former Dakar winner stands to them as instructors to the side of former Formula 1 driver and now Volkswagen brand ambassador of Jacky Ickx
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