From its debut in 1979 to an abrupt halt in 1991, the Paris-Dakar has been the toughest race on the planet. Cars, trucks and motorbikes driven by factory teams or privateers on a budget crossed 10.000km of dune and rock in the hope of making it to Dakar.
Immerse yourself in the spirit of the race with Dakarchives, and discover more than 300 unpublished images, sourced by the ERG team from the DPPI archive in Paris.
Discover the untold history of the world's toughest endurance rally with Dakarchives, the definitive record of the Paris-Dakar in its original form.
Produced and published by ERG Media, the book chronicles the race's evolution from its renegade 1979 debut to the high-technology era of 1991, the final year of the original route, through rare photographs and documents sourced by the ERG team from DPPI, the preeminent Paris-based motorsport archive.
This is the race that had no business existing. Humble city cars and purpose-built prototypes. Factory giants and one-man expeditions. All of them pointed south from Paris, toward the Sahara, toward 10,000 kilometres of dune and rock and mechanical attrition, and the small matter of getting there alive.
Explore over 300 original photographs, period advertisements, historical documents, and magazine cuttings. Study the machines that made it and the ones that didn't. Trace the legendary landscapes of the world's largest desert across more than three decades of competition. And feel the texture of an era in motorsport that no longer exists, and never will again.
At 368 pages and 3.5 kilograms, Dakarchives is a large-format hardcover bound volume housed in an acrylic slipcase designed to reference the racing liveries of the era.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover bound with acrylic slipcase
- Page count: 368 pages
- Language: English
- Dimensions: 35 × 25 cm
- Weight: 3,5 kg
- ISBN: 9789083532073
- Publication year: 2026
For additional protection, the book is shipped in a custom cardboard box (not pictured). Please be aware that this outer box is intended solely for the protection of the product during transit. We can not guarantee the absence of creases, dents, or damage to the shipping box itself.