Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewits that won third place in the 2012 Dakar Rally, will be back in the cockpit Hilux Dakar "Imperial Toyota South Africa Dakar Team". Duncan Vos and Rob Howie - last year's finish in the top 10 - are in the second Dakar Hilux.
Toyota Hilux V8 double cab driven, manufactured in South Africa. They will take the toughest race in the world with the support of Toyota Motor Corp., Imperial Toyota and Toyota Financial Services.
"We prepared three Auris rally car and two Hilux off-road, as well as the design and evolution of the Dakar Hilux version and build it with the car," said team principal Glyn Hall. The initial phase is the construction of a tubular steel space frame chassis from chromoly (chromium and molybdenum alloy) and integrating it with a roll cage. After the process, followed by the assembly process.
Mid-December 2012, two Hilux shipped from South Africa to South America. Previously, the two cars have been doing tests and trials conducted in the Western Cape.
Imperial Toyota South Africa Dakar Team will join Overdrive of Belgium Team, who also used the Hilux V8 with a capacity of 5.0 liter aluminum engine with transmission 6-speed sequential racing. So in total there were six units of Hilux that will go down in this year's Dakar Rally.
