Mercedes M-Class wins Dakar Telefonica 2003


Jean Pierre Strugo, ML 430, 220, first in production


Jean Pierre Strugo with navigator Pascal Larroque


Rene Metge, ML 430, 226, third in production in desert float (up to 200 km/h)


Philippe Gache, ML 430, 256, sixth in production. The front surfs up.


Philippe Gache with navigator Jean Marie Gauthier


Jose A. Villalba with navigator Jose Garcia, ML 430, 216


Jackie Loomans, G 400 CDI, 235 seems to have some trouble here. He finished on place 47, just a few hours behind the slowest ML. It's the first G-wagen to finish the Dakar since 1995 or so.


Giacomo Vismara, Guiseppe Panseri and Marco Sangalli, Unimog, 401


Rene Metge, ML 430, 226


Rene Metge with navigator/daughter Eloudie Metge

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