Besides the two Puch 280GEs that’ll race the 2027 Dakar Classic, Delta Geländesport is converting a 2000 Mercedes-Benz G500 for the 2028 race.

The team describes the G500 as a “currently stock” vehicle that “will be also fully prepped and race ready” in time for 2028. It is a “customer build” that delta4x4 was entrusted with.

The second Puch was announced in February, a month after Maximilian Loder and his brother Laurence finished 75th overall (58th among cars) in the 2026 Classic. It was the brothers’ second attempt at the Classic after finishing 47th in 2024.

Delta Geländesport was formerly known as delta4×4 Racing before being renamed in July.

Puch and Mercedes-Benz have deep roots in the Loder family, whose father Josef drove a G-Wagon in the 1985 Paris–Dakar Rally as a support car for BMW Motorrad. Their 280GE also bore a livery based on Josef’s Marlboro sponsorship.

The team also maintains a partnership with X-raid to build MAN TGE service vans.

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