Dakar - Post Report Question and Answers
What kind of vehicle(s) including electric ones do you recommend bringing to post, given the terrain, infrastructure, availability of parts, burglary/carjacking risks, etc.? What kind of car or vehicles do you advise not to bring?
Something with clearance. It doesn't necessarily need to be AWD or 4WD but the sideroads just aren't even. People have imported hybrids and have seem to done ok. Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Fords, seem relatively abundant among both expat and local populations. - Oct 2024