Kamaz Master Dakar Truck: Pic of the Week

Oh what fun it is to ride in a 980 horsepower sleigh...

The Dakar Rally is definitely amongst the most gruelling automotive events in the world, and Eduard Nikolaev has won it twice. His first victory came in 2013 with the second happening at the start of this year for team Kamaz in the truck category.

Instead of basking in the glory though, he's been back out testing his truck in the extreme cold weather conditions of Murmansk. Well within the Arctic Circle, average temperatures here rarely reach above freezing until mid-July. Luckily his Kamaz-4326 truck features a 16-litre 980hp diesel engine, suspension with 30cm of travel, and tyres with 216 spikes each, enough to allow the plucky Russian driver to hit a snow jump at 140km/h before flying 37 metres through the air.

It would be a spectacular enough feat for any vehicle, but to see a 10.5-ton truck with 1,000-litres of fuel on board soaring through the air is quite a spectacle indeed. Oh, and if a Pic of the Week isn't enough, we also have the video of the jump too. Enjoy!

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