Volkswagen puts the Dakar Rally on the iPhone
Saturday, December 12 2009 @ 01:03 PM ICT
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From high-tech nomads for high-tech nomads: Volkswagen has launched a new iPhone application about the Dakar Rally in Apple’s online store today. Under the name of "Volkswagen Rally mobile – 2010 Dakar” the application is now available free of charge. Before and during the "Dakar” it sends news, results, videos and background information directly to the user’s display. iPhone users will be kept up to speed about the "Dakar” programme of the five factory-prepared and factory-fielded Race Touareg vehicles from Volkswagen, receiving exciting insights into the rally world of Volkswagen Motorsport. The Wolfsburg-based automobile manufacturer will contest the off-road classic that leads through Argentina and Chile – running twice across the Andes as well as through the gruelling Atacama desert and the legendary pampas – from 02 to 16 January 2010 as the title defender."Volkswagen has always stood for innovations in motorsport,” says Volkswagen Motorsport Director Kris Nissen. "At the last Dakar Rally we were the first automobile manufacturer to win the event with diesel power. The Scirocco Cup that launches in 2010 will be the world’s first one-make cup to use eco-conscious Bio-CNG (bio-compressed natural gas). The iPhone application for the ‘Dakar’ is unique in the world of rally racing to date as well and offers users of the cult mobile the chance to stay informed about current ‘Dakar’ events around the clock.”

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