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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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;…

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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…