2015 Dakar Rally zai ga Peugeot dawo, 25 shekaru bayan ta karshe sa hannu da nasara, a cikin 2008 DKR.
Kamar yadda muka riga muka ci gaba, da gaske Peugeot ta dawo a cikin babban gudun fanfalaki na Dakar! Labari mai dadi ga tseren, wanda ya sami wani sanannen magini, da kuma jama'a, wanda yanzu yana da wata na'ura don farantawa masu masaukin baki rai.
Amma babu abin da ya fi ɗan tarihin tarihi don fahimtar mahimmancin wannan sanarwar. A cikin 1986, an sanar da ƙarshen rukunin B dodanni na gasar cin kofin Rally. Don haka, na'urori masu ban mamaki da na almara kamar Peugeot 205 T16 sun kasance a cikin shafukan tarihi. Akasin haka, alal misali na Lancia, Peugeot zai ƙare ya watsar da tsarin.
Da yake da mota har yanzu da babbar dama, Peugeot Sport ta juya zuwa Rallye Raid. Ba tare da shakka ba, mataki mafi ma'ana da za a iya ɗauka, kamar yadda 205 T16 har yanzu yana da abubuwa da yawa da za a yi kafin "sabuntawa".
A matsayin babban ƙalubale, dole ne in ci nasara a babban taron duka: Dakar! Kuma tsinkaya isa, 205 T16 Grand Raid ya dauki Dakar da hadari. Cikakkun nasara a cikin 1987 da 1988, zai ci gaba da samun nasara a cikin nau'in 405 T16 (a zahiri 205 T16 ne, amma tare da sabon aikin jiki) a cikin 1989 da 1990, shekarar ƙarshe ta shiga gasar Peugeot.
Bayan wadannan nasarorin, Peugeot Sport za ta kawo karshen wasan kwaikwayo a cikin mafi yawan fannoni daban-daban, daga gasar juriya, ta hanyar Formula 1, ta dawo gasar cin kofin duniya ta Rally a 1999 da Le Mans a 2007.
An rushe 208 T16 da Loeb don cin nasara kan dutsen mai ban mamaki, tare da lalata rikodin tsere a cikin fiye da minti daya da rabi. Bayyanawa da ɗaukar hoto na taron da alamar sun kasance masu girma.
Tare da cin nasara Pikes Peak, me za a yi na gaba?
Shiga Dakar a wurin. A kwanakin nan, Dakar ma ba ya wucewa ta birnin da ya sanya masa suna. A halin yanzu, Dakar yana faruwa a yankin Kudancin Amirka, tun lokacin da barazanar ta'addanci ya sa ta bar Afirka a 2008. Yanayin zai iya canza, amma har yanzu shine shaida na almara da muka sani. Akwai kusan kilomita dubu 10 da aka haɗa cikin makonni 2 akan hanyoyin mafi wahala. Kalubalen yana da girma. Ganuwa da lada suna da yawa.
An dade ana ta yada jita-jitar, kuma yanzu ya zama hukuma. A daidai lokacin da ake bikin cika shekaru 25 bayan nasarar da ta samu a gasar, Peugeot za ta koma birnin Dakar ne a shekarar 2015, ta hannun gogaggun Carlos Sainz da Cyril Despres, wanda kuma tsohon soja ne na tseren, amma a nan ya canza tafukan biyu zuwa hudu. Tabbatar da shiga kuma ya ba da damar gano ko wane samfurin Peugeot zai yi amfani da shi a gasar. Ana sa ran fitar da 208, amma teaser ɗin da aka gabatar ya nuna silhouette na Peugeot na 2008 da aka gyara sosai, wanda ake kira 2008 DKR.
Tare da goyon bayan Total da Red Bull, abokan tarayya guda ɗaya waɗanda suka ba da gudummawa ga cin nasarar Pikes Peak, wannan sabon aikin ya yi alkawarin ɗaukar shekaru. Amma makasudin a bayyane yake: ko da kasancewar shekarar dawowa, wuri na farko ne kawai ke da mahimmanci.
Kamfanin Peugeot ya yi alƙawarin fitar da ƙarin bayani game da DKR na shekarar 2008 a wurin nune-nunen na Beijing da zai fara daga ranar 20 ga Afrilu. Don haka, kun riga kun sani, shine ku sa ido kan Motar Ledger don duk bayanan da za a bayyana.