Toyota New Zealand has just choppered in (via a military Black Hawk helicopter, no less) its answer to the Ford Ranger Raptor, called the HiLux Mako! Surfacing on Toyota New Zealand’s social media (via its Facebook Story) this afternoon, is…
Isuzu has just confirmed that after rigorous ANCAP testing, the new 2021 D-MAX has nailed a 5-star rating. With ANCAP upping its testing regime and criteria, the new Isuzu D-Max has managed to secure a full 5-star rating from the…
In an interesting move, Jeep has confirmed it’s putting solar charging stations in the middle of nowhere! With the recent announcement and launch of the hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe in the US, Jeep has upped the ante announcing it will…
We recently sat down with an expert on diesel engines and turbochargers to find out if long warm-up times are killing your engine. The team at Unsealed 4X4 thought it about time to sit down with an actual expert and…
In this weeks edition of ‘From the Vault’, we bring you a rather mental blown 1GR-FE-powered N70 HiLux, because horsepower is life! Not wanting to go near a diesel-powered D4D HiLux, simply because of the early issues with the injectors…
Mazda Australia has announced there will be more than 100 optional accessories for the new BT-50 when it launches in October. Coming off the back of its launch details for the new BT-50, Mazda Australia has just announced that there…
We really need to stop turning battery boxes into hydrogen bombs! In a rather concerning trend I’ve noticed as of late, there are a lot of people building ‘battery boxes’. I absolutely understand the concept behind them; they’re portable, easy…
Toyota has now released a CSE (Customer Service Experience) bulletin which gives a retrospective 10-year warranty on the DPF of certain HiLux, Fortuner and Prado models. With the class action lawsuit against Toyota for its DPF issues surging ahead, Toyota…
Is it just a matter of buying the biggest angriest UHF antenna, or is there more to it than that? We thought it was time to sit down, and have the chat about your UHF antenna. Choosing the right UHF…
Who needs Tesla when you have a solar Suzuki? We take a look at the solar-powered Suzuki that set a world record. How did this cute electric beasty spark into life though? If anyone said that they saw a solar-charged,…
The new RAM TRX 1500 is set to get the monstrous 523kW Hellcat V8 In some interesting news to fly across our desks, we have a bit of information out of the United States that may well translate into an…
Here’s a new D-Max first look. Yep, we got handed the keys to the all-new Isuzu D-Max and Deano knocked up this quick video to give you a sneak-peak at the new rig. In case you missed it, the details…
Ford Australia have just announced new Ranger options packs and a Special Edition XL model along with their new FordPass Connect Ford has just confirmed that the Ford Ranger now has new updated model and options packs, including the Ranger…
MY2018-2019 Mercedes-Benz X-Class models recalled over an autonomous braking issue The 2018-2019 model years of the Mercedes X-Class have been recalled due to an issue with the autonomous braking software. Some 5826 Mercs have been affected by the issue, where…
For this week’s Weird Wednesday, we bring you the Apocalypse Jeep! You may or may not have noticed that a lot of the vehicles we end up featuring in Weird Wednesday are rigs that happen to come out of the…
