Tatra has long been a support vehicle of choice for rally-raid and marathon competitors and Tatra has won the T4 race category six times on the Dakar with numerous truck class wins in the hands of experienced Czech drivers Karel Loprais, Aleš Loprais and Tomáš Tomeček. The modified Tatra Terrno 4-seat crew-cab 6 x 6 all-wheel drive concept supplied to Bowler Off-Road carries essential spares, tools and other supplies for the eight Nemesis vehicles and their teams on this year's rally-raid.

In the T5 support role, speed is not as important as endurance and reliability, since the truck must survive not only the abrasive effects of wind-blown sand, but also the boulder-strewn terrain that is such a feature of parts of the special stages in Mauritania and the Western Sahara. This is where the Tatra fully-independent suspension system built around swing axles pivoting off a rigid central tube type chassis comes into its own, as it insulates both driver and load from road shocks and gives exceptional stability and traction at high speed over difficult surfaces. Powered by Tatra's own air-cooled 325 kW V8 diesel engine and with central tyre inflation, this Terrno comes ready for the worst that North Africa can throw at it.