Carlos Sainz claimed his first Dakar Rally victory after finishing second in Saturday's 14th and final stage.
The former World Rally champion finished the race two minutes 12 seconds ahead of Volkswagen team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah, who won Saturday's leg from San Rafael to Buenos Aires.
American Mark Miller finished third overall, 32mins 51secs back, to complete a one-two-three for the German manufacturer, which repeated its 2009 success.
Qatari driver Al-Attiyah finished Saturday's stage 36 seconds ahead of Sainz but it was not enough to prevent the Spaniard, who has led since stage five, from taking the race victory.
"It has been a very important day for me," said Sainz on www.autosport.com.
"Spain has finally won the Dakar with cars and I'm delighted. I want to thank (co-driver) Lucas (Cruz) for his great work and to all the team, and everybody who put their trust in me."
"We haven't had any problems, and the car doesn't have a scratch."
"I think we have done a fast but intelligent Dakar. It has been a very hard fight with my team-mate. We knew it would be that way. As I said before, I want to thank everyone who trusted in me."
BMW pair Stephane Peterhansel, who was fourth on Saturday, and Guerlain Chicherit, who was third, finished fourth and fifth respectively.
France's Cyril Despres took victory in the bike class even though he could only finish sixth on Saturday, Ruben Faria of Portugal winning the final stage.
Vladimir Chagin of Russia completed a convincing win in the truck category by finishing fourth on Saturday, while Argentina's Marcos Patronelli won the quad class ahead of elder brother Alejandro.