While many of the 2,500 Porsche 911 Dakars made will spend pampered lives in private collections one car has been driven just as it was designed – on an epic adventure from Vietnam to the Gobi Desert and back.

Truly “off the beaten path” Mongolia is an adventure-seeker’s dream road trip, says Abbie Synan.

Dickie Meaden was far out of his comfort zone on a race from Moscow to Mongolia. But that’s part of what made the drive so memorable.