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The Repsol Rally Team’s brand-new Toyota Hilux Overdrive for the 2021 Dakar

2 years ago 3 minutes

Isidre Esteve is headed back to adventure in the 2021 Dakar with his most competitive vehicle yet. The Repsol Rally Team champ will be behind the wheel of the same car he debuted in the Andalucía Rally, the Toyota Hilux Overdrive.

Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team saltando
The Repsol Rally Team’s brand-new Toyota Hilux Overdrive for the 2021 Dakar
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We've been waiting for the moment when the Repsol Rally Team would take the Toyota Hilux to the 2021 Dakar, as it’s the most promising model to date. It's relatively easy to handle and boasts incredible balance, though like all top-level vehicles requires the right adaptations in order to make full use of its capabilities.

As opposed to the commercial model, the Toyota Hilux Overdrive is a prototype with a tubular chassis designed to endure the toughest conditions in all-terrain rallies. Its petrol-fuelled, 5-litre V8 engine delivers 345 horsepower and an awesome 560 Nm of torque.

Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team a toda velocidad
Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team a toda velocidad
Isidre Esteve y Txema Villalobos en su Toyota Hilux
Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team saltando
Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team a toda velocidad
Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team a toda velocidad
pasando un tramo con agua
Mecánico trabajando en el Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team
Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team saltando
Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team a toda velocidad
Isidre Esteve pilotando su Toyota Hilux Overdirve
El nuevo Toyota Hilux overdrive de Isidre Esteve

Its six-speed Sadev sequential gearbox has controls to handle differentials.

The brakes from AP Racing, among the best racing brake manufacturers, come with giant discs with six-piston calipers on both axles.

And its double wishbone suspension has a double shock absorber system with generous wheel motion.

Mecánico trabajando en el Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team
Mecánico trabajando en el Toyota Hilux del Repsol Rally Team

Isidre's Toyota Hilux Overdrive has adapted controls on the steering wheel from Guidosimplex that let him do all the driving with his hands, as well as the indispensable smart cushion to prevent pressure sores.
Isidre himself says that 'The Nubolo cushion, as it is known commercially, allows me to compete safely again. It has eight areas with air cells (from more to less critical). Each area is controlled by microsensors and pressure valves. They are like bubbles with air inside, and for each area we decide a maximum and minimum pressure level. The cushion varies the pressure to favour blood flow in my glutes, which are under constant pressure, thereby preventing skin lesions'.

Isidre Esteve pilotando su Toyota Hilux Overdirve
Isidre Esteve pilotando su Toyota Hilux Overdirve
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