Toyota makes numerous vehicles one would readily associate with the legendary Paris-Dakar rally, but the Prius might not come to mind as the first choice for the Sahara Desert. But that's the car ...

As its name says, it was to be one of the few 911s out there that can easily take on both tarmac roads and not so forgiving terrain, just like the one that won the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally.

It's been 23 years since Honda last took part in the rally, back when it took place in Europe and Africa and sailed under the Paris-Dakar banner. Between 1981 and 1989, Honda walked away with the ...