Weird Wednesday: Apocalypse Jeep!
For this week’s Weird Wednesday, we bring you the Apocalypse Jeep! You may or may not have noticed that a lot of the vehicles we end up featuring in Weird Wednesday are rigs that happen to come out of the…
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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…
Clearview Releases Next Gen Towing Mirrors
In an exclusive with Unsealed 4X4, we can now confirm that Clearview Mirrors has just released its Next Gen mirrors, which are a completely new design. Clearview has just released its newest offering when it comes to telescopic towing mirrors,…
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…
EXCLUSIVE: Baintech 110Ah Slimline Lithium battery with 20A charger
Hot off the press is a new bit of kit from the team at Baintech (Bainbridge Technologies); a new 110Ah slimline lithium battery with an inbuilt 20A DC-DC charger. In a brand new product that Unsealed4X4 has gotten the exclusive…
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…
All-new ARB Intensity Solis dimmable LED driving light
The new ARB Intensity Solis LED driving lights deliver an impressive one lux at 1462m and feature a unique dimmer control and LINX compatibility. Newly developed ARB Intensity Solis nine-inch LED driving lights feature 36 Osram LEDs with refined optics…
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…
2020 ARB Eldee Easter Festival to go ahead… in October!
The annual ARB Eldee Easter Festival was an early casualty of COVID-19 but organisers are pleased to announce plans to host the family friendly event over the upcoming October long weekend. The ARB Eldee Easter Festival “in October” is set…
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…
Gear: Projecta releases emergency trailer breakaway kit; the Sure Brake.
Projecta has released its new Sure Brake Trailer Breakaway Kit, ensuring safety in a towing disconnection emergency In case you didn’t know, all Aussie trailers over 2000kg GTM by law must be fitted with an emergency breakaway braking system to…
ARB BASE Rack – the most versatile roof rack ever?
The all-new ARB BASE Rack is claimed to make carrying gear on your roof easier than ever. Since its inception in 1975 ARB has been manufacturing bull bars and roof racks for 4X4s, and now the Aussie company has launched…
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…
