With Holden quitting the market, is now the time to buy a new Colorado? We explore the pros and cons of buying a 2020 RGII Holden Colorado. With Holden shuttering the brand, the Colorado is now attracting among the biggest…
Not so long ago you had to modify a 4X4 ute for off-road use yourself, but now carmakers do it for you. Or do they? We take a look at four of the factory-modified 4X4 utes and find out whether…
After 160 years of operation in this country, the Holden brand will officially be dead “by 2021” according to General Motors. The world is upside down today with the news that General Motors will kill off Holden by 2021; in…
Australians purchased 1,062,867 new vehicles in 2019 which is a staggering 7.8% drop on the year before and the lowest result since 2011. So, what did we buy? Australian new car sales in 2019 managed to exceed the magical 1…
Holden has announced it will drop the Commodore in 2020 to focus instead on 4x4s and SUVs which make up 76% of its new vehicle sales. Holden has announced it will drop the Commodore in 2020 along with the Astra,…
Holden has released special edition ‘Storm’ variants of the Colorado and Trailblazer, but don’t get too excited. Holden is looking to get a piece of the ‘sticker pack’ market with the release of the Colorado and Trailblazer Storm variants. According…
Toyota HiLux might have been the best-selling new vehicle in September but Ford Ranger and Mitsubishi Triton were the best-selling 4x4s. The Australian new vehicle sales market continued its 18th month in decline in September with sales down 6.9% compared…
All Holden Colorado 4x4s purchased from today (October 1) until 31 December will receive seven years’ free scheduled servicing. Holden has introduced seven years’ free scheduled servicing on its Colorado 4×4 range commencing with all LS, LSX, LTZ and…
Can the HSV SportsCat+ survive 1200km through the Vic High Country? Words and Images by Harry Temple We reviewed the SportsCat in Issue 053 and were pleased to find that it wasn’t another sticker-pack 4WD; that it had some actual…
Chase away those post-Easter camping trip blues, with #062 of Unsealed 4X4. We’ve got Fraser Island east vs west coast, a review of the Holden SportsCat+ 1200km in the making, Gear News from the Brisbane 4WD show and a DIY…
Ford Ranger Raptor Vs Holden Colorado Z71 Xtreme Vs Mercedes-Benz X350d Vs Toyota HiLux Rugged X Vs Volkswagen Amarok V6 Ultimate 580 Words by Bruce Newton BACKGROUND INFO We are entering a whole new world where dual-cab utes are no…
A modified Holden Colarado straight from the dealership? Words by Evan Spence The concept of having a wide range of factory fitted 4WD accessories available, to be fitted by the dealership, certainly isn’t a new one… but it is really…
Brody Richardson’s HiLux Brody may be new to the 4X4 scene, but he sure has jumped in head first, buying the missus and himself this here clean looking HiLux. Not one to shy away from the spanners, Brody has installed…
God bless the rabbit hole that is Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace and eBay. Here, you will find a collection of some of the finest (weirdest!) backyard builds known to mankind. Here is some of the latest crop worthy of an Unsealed…
And is it any good? We take one off-road to find out. Sticker-pack 4WDs. I’ve written about them before, and I’ll probably write about them again. I don’t like them in the slightest. While they might give a little bump…
