I thought the Anne Beadell Highway was tough, but the Connie Sue Highway smacked it down like The Rock on WWE. My sand flag was being smashed, stone guard attacked from below. Like witches clawing, my paintwork was being etched by…
Enough went wrong on this trip… so learn from my mistakes to avoid your own disasters. Len Beadell and his Gunbarrel Road Construction Crew opened up the desert, creating tracks meaningful for the atomic bomb and ballistic missile tests before…
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Yes, it’s not a real 4WD sort of thing. And the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk probably doesn’t rate as a ‘real’ 4X4 at all. But, regardless, 522kW of power demands your…
Pricing of the manic 6.2-litre supercharged Jeep revealed. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE It will be the fastest and most powerful SUV on the planet, and able to run down the quarter-mile in 11.6 seconds;…
We drove both through a big hole, to see if traction trumps suspension travel… CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE These two four-wheel drives are both insanely capable, but in very different ways. The Fortuner is…
Discovery vs Everest vs Trailhawk vs Prado CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Which family-friendly 4WD is the best all-rounder? We find out. The arrival of the new fifth-generation Land Rover Discovery is big 4X4…
Why the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk is both good and bad off-road… at the same time. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE Coming out in 2011, the Grand Cherokee WKII hit sales records like a bull…
Typical passenger cars are more and more on the nose in Australia, with record amounts of people moving across to SUVs and 4X4s. Where passenger car sales have slumped 6.8% this year, SUVs are up 5.4% (with medium SUVs jumping…
It’s the brand with a heritage and history that other manufacturers would kill for. It’s the genesis of 4WDing, a kind of Moses of low-range. Hell, Dwight Eisenhower placed the victory of the Second World War at the feet of…
Gary’s Series 2 Disco Gary hasn’t always been a Land Rover guy. In fact, he started out with a Jeep… but after it developed a phantom electrical problem he decided to move on to a Land Rover Discovery V8 ’cause…
Toyota HiLux is the best-selling vehicle, overall, in Australia. Beating out the Toyota Corolla (40,330) and Hyundai i30 (37,772), the humble ’Yota ute managed to sell a total of 42,104 units. Of those, 31,076 were 4X4s. Ford’s Ranger had a…
WINNER IAN’S 1983 JEEP WAGONEER Meet Ian’s Jeep Wagoneer called Harry. Unfortunately, Ian doesn’t tell us why it’s called Harry, but it’s definitely sparked our interest… especially when he told us it was fitted with a 6.2L Chevy Diesel out…
List Thins Out There has been a furore in the 4X4 community over MA-classified 4WDs lately; owners didn’t originally know that their vehicle didn’t come with ‘off-road’ MC classification… therefore having more restrictive modification limits and potentially big insurance implications.…
This is Kevin’s 2003 79 Series LandCruiser ute. He wrote in to tell us about a beaut fishing trip he and his brother-in-law took last year up to Manangoora Station. Over the 6,300km round trip they took their time stopping…
Jane & Malcolm’s Prado Jane and Malcolm take touring seriously! 27,500km worth of serious, to be precise. All this in their trusty Toyota Prado, which they say has never let them down (excluding a few inevitable punctures). They’ve travelled…
