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The Fiat Panda 4x4 and Iveco's Massif and
Daily 4x4 are providing the tough backbone
for the Sahara Ramble, an expedition
to explore the Sahara that has now arrived
in Algeria having passed through Tunisia
after sailing to North Africa from the port
of Genoa on December 17. |
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The Fiat
Panda 4x4 and Iveco's Massif and Daily 4x4 are providing
the tough backbone for the Sahara Ramble, an
expedition to explore the Sahara that has now arrived in Algeria having passed through
Tunisia after sailing to North Africa from the port of
Genoa on December 17. The expedition is being conducted
by well known Italian travellers and video
professionals, Pierluca Rossi and Enrica Rabacchi, the
pair having been previously engaged in adventures of
this kind. The team will now be in Algeria until after
the New Year.
To get around North Africa, Rossi's team is equipped
with four vehicles drawn from the Fiat Group, drawn from the
Fiat and Iveco brands. Two Fiat Panda 4x4s fitted with
the 1.3-litre Multijet 16v turbodiesel engine will lug
team members over the tough terrain, evoking memories of
the Fiat's assault on the famous Dakar Rally in 2007
with a pair of specially-prepared Pandas dubbed as the
PanDAKAR driven by Italian Lancia rallying legend Miki
Biasion and Frenchman Bruno Saby.
The tiny Pandas are being supported by
two Iveco vehicles. One is a five-door Massif, the new
professional light off-road jeep built for Iveco by Santana
Motor in Spain which was launched last year for mixed
transport use and is synonymous with ruggedness and reliability thanks
to its separate chassis, meaning that it is able to confront
even the most inaccessible terrain, and a Daily 4x4 van
fitted out as a camper to ensure comfort and accommodation
during the expedition. The Iveco vehicles are equipped with
snorkels, the Daily also has a bank of roof-mounted spotlights while the
Massif has a bumper-mounted winch and roof luggage frame with ladder
to carry additional equipment including spare wheels and tyres.
The route planned by the two travellers will take them
across the Sahara and some North African countries, with a
final route deviation to Andalusia in southern Spain to discover many
sites protected by UNESCO before returning to Genoa on 20th
February 2010.
ItaliaspeedTV:
Sahara Ramble, Genoa
(Italian Language)
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