Editing Unimog (section)

=== Motorsport ===
[[File:Unimog u500 dakar 2006.jpg|thumb|Unimog in the [[2006 Dakar Rally]]]]
[[File:Unimog U1600.jpg|thumb|left|Mud bogging Unimog 427]]

Unimogs have been used in three kinds of competition: [[Dakar Rally]] and other desert [[:Category:Rally competitions|rally competitions]], [[mud bogging]], and slow-moving [[Off-roading#Trials|Truck Trials]] over obstacles.

Unimogs have won the truck class of the Dakar in 1982 and 1986, the latter an unexpected victory as the vehicle participated for Honda, primarily to provide support for the motorcycles of the team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515053140/http://www.dakar.com/2009/DAK/presentation/docs/histo_1979_2007_us.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-15|title=Dakar Retrospective 1979-2007|quote=Vismara-Minelli, on their Mercedes Unimog, are the unexpected winners in the truck class.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Minelli, passion to the nth degree |url=https://www.dakar.com/en/news//stage-11/car/minelli-passion-to-the-nth-degree/166820 |quote=No matter how hard that edition or how late they reached the bivouacs in Africa, Giacomo and Giulio, then in their prime, started their night shift after sunset: "We provided support for the Italian factory Honda bikers, Orioli, Balestrieri and De Petri, so we used to maintain and repair their bikes at the end of each stage".}}</ref> High-powered factory-sponsored entries of truck companies aiming for the overall win have since taken the laurels, with Unimogs used mainly for service purposes.