Forget about the not-going-to-happen Raptor V8, Neil Woolridge Motorsport in South Africa has designed and built a Ford Ranger using the V6 EcoBoost engine. Okay, don’t expect to see this thing at your local Ford dealership anytime soon, but this…
Electric shock…Ken Block, er, silently thrashes the all-electric Extreme E off-road racer on the final stage of the 2020 Dakar Rally. Watch this. Extreme E electric off-road racers are coming in 2021, and the gang behind the series thought they’d…
News that thousands of NL Pajeros are suddenly unroadworthy has come as a shock…but then we had an idea…how about we get those ‘unroadworthy’ Pajeros and go racing. Here’s what we’re thinking. Words by Robert Pepper: The recent Takata airbag…
Jaguar Land Rover has purchased Bowler, the all-terrain performance and rally raid vehicle maker. Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations has purchased Bowler, claiming it’s a “natural fit”. Founded back in 1985, Bowler was responsible for pioneering the production of…
The Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport R will miss out on going head to head with the Ford Bronco R race prototype at this weekend’s Baja 1000, but will be ready to race next year. The Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport R…
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rod Hall’s Baja 1000 win with a Bronco, the Ford Bronco R race prototype has been built to pay homage to the original racer and tease the new Ford Bronco – it’ll compete at the…
Formula One World Champion, Fernando Alonso has begun an “intensive training programme in the Toyota HiLux” to prepare him for the 2020 Dakar Rally. The Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota HiLux won its category (car category) at the 2019 Dakar Rally…
There was no shortage of action at the 17th annual Willowglen Challenge. The Toyota LandCruiser Club (TLCC) opened their gates once again to both competitors and spectators over the October long weekend. 14 clubs brought their best over 10 stages…
The toughest off-road race in the world, and I loved every single minute of it! CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE “Junket: An extravagant trip or journey or promotional trip made at another person’s expense.” It…
If you haven’t heard about the Superute Series, you are about to. Imagine driving around a racetrack in a turbo-diesel dual-cab ute, and how entertaining that would be. Well, coming this year is exactly that. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS…
The toughest, most gruelling four-wheel drive in Australia is on again in 2015. The Outback Challenge attracts competitors from all around Australia and the world to the NSW deserts around Broken Hill. The big news though, is Unsealed 4X4 are…
In the early days of the Tuff Truck Challenge it wasn’t exactly what you’d call family friendly. Think Mad Max meets the early days of Summernats and you’re on the right track. It was more of a “boys only weekend” affair,…
If you combine nearly eighty of the meanest, wildest and best-engineered four-wheel drives in the country, a purpose built off-road facility, and a bunch of eager off-road enthusiasts keen to party hard, what do you get? The answer quite simply…
King Of The Hammers (KOH) just finished up in the California desert, and the event kicked off with some serious night rock crawl racing, the Backdoor Shootout. Off-roading doesn’t get much more specialized than this. A major highlight from the entire King…
The 2014 Outback Challenge is poised once again to attract some of the world’s best drivers and off-road machines, pitting them against the roughest, most gruelling terrain that Australia has to offer.
