Audi competes in the Dakar Rally

Audi is taking on one of the biggest challenges there is in motorsport: With an innovative prototype, the brand with the four rings will compete in the famous Dakar Rally for the first time in 2022. The alternative drive concept combines an electric powertrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. In the future, cross-country rally racing will be the spearhead of the factory's motorsport commitment. After many international successes in a wide range of categories, Audi is thus returning to rallying, which marked the beginning of the brand's motorsport success story. From 1981 onwards, the Audi quattro revolutionized rallying. To this day, permanent all-wheel drive is standard not only for rally vehicles. It also guarantees maximum safety in the sportiest Audi production models, and now also electrically in the e-tron models.