Overview
Event Name: 1996 Granada–Dakar Rally
Date: December 29, 1995 to January 14, 1996
Start Location: Granada, Spain
Finish Location: Dakar, Senegal
Total Distance: 7,579 km, including 6,179 km of competitive sections
Total Entries: 295 vehicles
The 18th Dakar Rally crossed Spain and northwest Africa before reaching Senegal. About 40 percent of the field finished. Pierre Lartigue and Michel Périn gave Citroën victory in the final Dakar contested by the manufacturer’s prototype program.