But after 26 years, 11 attempts and seven design iterations, the Sunswift 7 finally won the race, smashing the next-nearest competitor and becoming the first Australian car to win its category.

Seriously that is all you need to know about this claim. These are schools that are heavily backed by various industries who are accomplishing this using the enthusiasm of students to do a lot of the grunt work. It is still a great success but none of these are just spun up at the moment. Even the team that crossed Morocco has been at it over a decade.