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Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Dakar Pajero
Dakar Pajero. Two words that went hand-in-hand for many years thanks to the success Mitsubishi had with its legendary 4×4 in the world’s toughest off-road race over many years throughout the 80s, 90s and noughties. With news this week that…
Weird Wednesday: Celica 4X4
For this week’s Weird Wednesday, we’ve got something that will have four-wheel drive enthusiasts excited while Toyota purists will scream blue bloody murder – an RA28 Celica with a rather cool custom 4X4 system. Now look, sure, a 4X4 Celica…
Pajero finished as Mitsubishi announces end of production
Pajero finished, confirms Mitsubishi Australia. Pajero finished?! Coming off the back of a Mitsubishi board meeting we can now confirm unequivocally that production of Mitsubishi’s full-sized four-wheel drive, the Pajero, will soon come to an end. The decision to kill-off…
Cool Runnings… We took a trip to Iceland to play with the Arctic Trucks!
We take a trip to Iceland and drive the most capable Arctic Trucks on the planet. It was not a bad day at work… Arctic Trucks: Words and images by Tobey Bostock You’ve probably seen them around; made famous years…
A Contactless Touchscreen? The touchscreen you don’t have to touch!
New contactless touchscreen is the touchscreen you don’t have to… well, touch. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and the University of Cambridge have developed a new contactless touchscreen technology that’s designed to “help keep drivers’ eyes on the road and reduce…
Ever wanted to see an off-roader built from scratch… by hand? See this Brandt BRV video
Now for something completely different: a time-lapse video from Brandt BRV building one of the company’s unique off-roaders. If ever you’ve wondered how to build an off-roader completely from scratch, by hand, we reckon this video is worth a watch.…
Throwback Thursday: Why you need a WWII Jeep!
Jeep fans will no doubt go nuts over this 1945 Ford GPW (WWII Jeep) that’s listed in the upcoming 2020 Shannons Winter Timed Online Auction to be held from 19-26 August. Arguably the most important 4×4 vehicle ever, the original…
Weird Wednesday: This Suzuki X-Head could have been the new Jimny.
For this weeks Weird Wednesday, we bring you what could possibly have ended up as the current Suzuki Jimny, the Suzuki X-HEAD. It’s no surprise that a lot of vehicles we see on the roads, start life as concept vehicles,…
Hot or Not? The Crusher
Self-driving four-wheel drives could be the next big thing, so we thought we’d bring you the Crusher – a 6X6 robot. It’s no new thing that we’re getting electric vehicles; they’ve started rolling out, and some actually look pretty cool.…
China’s Big General on the offensive with Raptor copy
What do you think of Foton’s ‘The Big General’ (Da Jiang Jun)? Reckon it could take on Ford’s F-150 Raptor? Just when you thought Chinese car manufacturers might have come up with a design language of their own, along comes…
2021 HiLux spied at Aussie port in the metal!
A brand new 2021 HiLux has been spied at an Australian port ready for dealer delivery! This is one of the first images to surface of an Australian 2021 HiLux… spied in the metal. Some of the new HiLuxes are…
Unsealed 4X4 Vault: Built from a wheelchair – Custom HiLux
This custom HiLux was built from a wheelchair… and it’s mint, discovers David Vayro. Something has to be said for those out there who don’t give up; the kind of people who get stuff done without the excuses. Meet Shaun…
Spied! 2021 Toyota LandCruiser
These are images of a 2021 Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series. This revised 2021 Toyota LandCruiser has been spotted at a port in Japan alongside the current-generation LandCruiser 200, providing a great opportunity to compare the vehicle’s styling upgrades with its…
Ford adds remote start to Ranger and Everest… from your phone!
New Ford Ranger and Everest models arriving in Australia will be equipped with FordPass Connect, allowing owners to remote start their vehicles from their smartphone, as well as perform other tasks and access other vehicle information. FordPass Connect incorporates a…
Clean diesel is now a thing thanks to LR’s mild-hybrid tech
Land Rover has introduced new inline-six-cylinder clean diesel mild-hybrid engines across its revised Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models. Land Rover has replaced its SDV6 and SDV8 diesel engines with new six-cylinder Ingenium clean diesel engines that bring 48V…
