The 1992 Paris-Cape Town Rally was the 14th running of the Dakar Rally event with a unique routing. The rally had a long route, starting from Paris, France, on 23 December 1991 and finishing at Cape Town, South Africa, on 16 January 1992. The route passed through Libya, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Namibia. Participants used maritime transport to get from Pointe-Noire (Republic of the Congo) to Lobito (Angola), so they did not cross the territory of Zaire. Hubert Auriol won the car category to go with his two victories in the motorcycle category. Stephane Peterhansel won the motorcycle category for the second year in succession. The fastest truck in common car-truck classification was Francesco Perlini's Perlini on 16th place.

Stages StageDateStart pointFinish pointDistance (km)Distance (mi)Special Stage (km)Special Stage (mi) Prologue 23 December Rouen, France Rouen, France 1 24 December Rouen, France Paris, France 2 25 December Paris, France Sète, France 3 26 December Misrata, Libya Sirte, Libya 4 27 December Sirte, Libya Sabha, Libya 5 28 December Sabha, Libya Waw al-Kabir, Libya 6 29 December Waw al-Kabir, Libya Tumu, Libya 7 30 December Tumu, Libya Dirkou, Niger 8 31 December Dirkou, Niger N'Guigmi, Niger 9 1 January N'Guigmi, Niger N'Djamena, Chad 10 2 January N'Djamena, Chad Sarh, Chad 11 3 January Sarh, Chad Bouar, Central African Republic 12 4 January Bouar, Central African Republic Yaoundé, Cameroon 13 5 January Yaoundé, Cameroon Oyem, Gabon 14 6 January Oyem, Gabon Franceville, Gabon 15 7 January Franceville, Gabon Pointe-Noire, Congo 8 January Rest day 9 January Rest day 16 10 January Lobito, Angola Namibe, Angola 17 11 January Namibe, Angola Ruacana, Namibia 18 12 January Ruacana, Namibia Grootfontein, Namibia 19 13 January Grootfontein, Namibia Gobabis, Namibia 20 14 January Gobabis, Namibia Keetmanshoop, Namibia 21 15 January Keetmanshoop, Namibia Springbok, South Africa 22 16 January Springbok, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa

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