car Isuzu Motorsports MU-X confirmed for Dakar
    car    Isuzu Motorsports MU-X confirmed for Dakar                    Australasian Safari class-winning Isuzu MU-X SUV to compete in 2015 Dakar Rally in South America   Isuzu Motorsports is taking   their class-winning MU-X SUV   to the other side of the world to compete in the 2015 Dakar Rally, which starts in Buenos Aires on January 4.   The MU-X entered in the Dakar is the same car that won its class in both the   Finke Desert Race   in June and the   Australasian Safari   in September this year.   Based on   the production MU-X available in showrooms , the racing version features the same 3.0-litre turbodiesel engine although it has been tweaked to produce 180kW and 600Nm - about 50kW and 220Nm more than the roadgoing version.   Isuzu Motorsports team boss Bruce Garland - who finished 11th outright in the 2009 Dakar Rally - will step aside from driving duties this time around, with Adrian Di Lallo filling the seat alongside five-time Dakar ...