April 2020
Cannon to fire at Ranger and HiLux this year
Great Wall Motors to launch P Series Ranger and HiLux rival in Australia later this year. Despite the massive impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the world’s automotive industry, Great Wall Motors (GWM) has managed to ramp-up production in China…
TLR launches new multiplug bracket for 200 Series
With more and more connections needed between what you’re towing and your tow-rig, finding a neat way to mount all those connections has been a problem for some time. We’ve just gotten off the phone with the folks over at…
NSW limits GVM Upgrades without industry consultation
Those seeking a GVM upgrade for their 4×4 in NSW will no doubt be surprised to learn that there’s been a recent change to the Vehicle Safety Compliance Certification Scheme (VSCCS) that limits such increases to the vehicle’s axle mass…
Ford Australia to produce and donate 100,000 face shields
In another good news story from the Australian automotive industry, which has stepped up in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ford Australia will produce and donate 100,000 face shields to frontline healthcare workers during the outbreak. The prototype face…
SnowRunner: Get your 4X4 fix at home!
What with all of us being in lock-down, we’re all scratching around trying to find a way to get our four-wheel drive fix while stuck at home. I think we may have stumbled across the answer: SnowRunner. You’ll find the…
Video: An entertaining history of the Unimog
An entertaining look at the history of the Unimog. If you’ve ever wanted to know all there is to know about the Unimog, this informative and bloody entertaining video presented by auto funny-man James Pumphrey from Up To Speed is…
Top 5: Missing Ute Features?
The Top 5 ute features you can get Stateside but are absent on just about all Aussie-spec utes. America’s enduring love affair with pick-up trucks has resulted in a number of great tailgate features that we don’t get on mainstream…
DIY Driveway: Installing Tred side-mount and flat-mount recovery board kits
A set of TRED Mounting Brackets and Adapter Kits allows for easy and secure fitment of recovery boards to roof racks. TRED has developed two new mounting options for TRED Pro and other recovery boards for secure fitment to roof…
Video: Virtual off-road touring
The Nitto Trail Grappler Experience takes you out on the tracks even when you’re really stuck at home. Nitto Tire in the USA has released a series of 360-degree virtual off-road touring videos for four-wheel drive enthusiasts who are sick…
Warn and Factor 55 join forces
Warn acquires innovative recovery equipment manufacturer Factor 55. Warn Industries, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of vehicle winches and other recovery equipment, recently acquired Factor 55, a manufacturer of hardware for Closed System Winching which is a winching technique using…
2021 Toyota HiLux Images Leaked!
Images purporting to show the new face of the 2021 Toyota HiLux have been leaked online. The images were originally published by Milele Motors, an international exporter of vehicles to Asia and Africa. Milele claims the images came from from…
Land Rover to resume manufacturing as restrictions ease
Jaguar Land Rover will resume vehicle production from 18 May in its manufacturing plants in Solihull (UK), Austria and Slovakia. There’s no doubt Jaguar Land Rover will be keen to ramp-up vehicle production as soon as possible as social distancing…
DIY Driveway: iDrive installation
Most modern four-wheel drives have a ‘drive-by-wire’ accelerator and throttle lag can be an issue with this type of setup. This means there’s no longer a cable connecting the accelerator pedal directly to the engine’s diesel pump or throttle body;…
2020 King of the Hammers
2020 King of the Hammers Monster Energy wrap. Monster Energy has unleashed an epic seven-minute film showing some of the off-road action from this year’s King of the Hammers held in February in Johnson Valley, Hammertown, between Los Angeles and…
