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New 4X4 sales down again but there are some winners
New 4×4 sales down again in July 2020 compared to last month… and still well down on the previous year. New 4×4 sales are down again, with the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) VFACTS service revealing a total of…
Grenadier gets green light as Land Rover loses in court
Ineos gets green light to build Defender-esque Grenadier 4×4 as Land Rover loses court battle to trademark the shape of its iconic Defender. When the all-new Grenadier 4×4 wagon and dual-cab ute were revealed on 1 July, 2020, it was…
Ford Australia has new Aussie CEO
Aussie Andrew Birkic has been appointed President and CEO, Ford Australia and New Zealand. Ford Australia has announced that Andrew Birkic will take over the role of President and CEO, Ford Australia and New Zealand from Kay Hart, who has…
Hummer EV on sale as early as next year… but not here :(
GM continues to tease 4×4 fans with more images of the all-electric Hummer and says the vehicle will be revealed in late 2020 and will go into production in late 2021. Preview images of the new Hummer EV, which we…
Toyota LandCruiser Chief Engineer, Sadayoshi Koyari, gives us a history lesson
Sadayoshi Koyari brings us a quick video of the history of the Toyota LandCruiser, from its initial introduction as the BJ Jeep through to more current times. To fill up your Friday’s viewing pleasure, we bring you this quick video…
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…
