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December 2015 – ROAD AND TRACK REPORT
VICTORIAN HIGH COUNTRY It looks as though now is a great time to visit the High Country with no serious rain and the tracks looking to be in generally good condition overall. The only closure that we’ve heard about is…
December 2015 – INDUSTRY NEWS
CLUB 4X4 OFF-ROAD INSURANCE We first spotted Club 4X4 at the 2015 Sydney 4WD and Adventure show handing out show bags… hey, who doesn’t like a free show bag? Anyway, it turns out they are a specialist four wheel…
THE BEST MOD YOU WILL EVER MAKE TO YOUR 4X4
We’ve been through the ‘what not to leave home without’ in the way of commonsense fix-it items like fencing wire, baling twine, duct tape, etc. But what happens when you are on your own without help and you get bogged…
PAT CALLINAN’S VW AMAROK
Well, you have asked for it and we thought it was about time we delivered. We receive countless emails and messages on social media, asking for a more detailed look at the Volkswagen Amarok our publisher has been driving for…
EDITOR’S COLUMN: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STUBBY LEVER?
I’ve been out and about driving a whole bunch of new 4X4s lately, and I’ve been struck by how modern inclusions like traction control and hill descent control have made huge positive impacts on the off-road ability of these computer-controlled…
NEW LAND ROVER DEFENDER
The iconic and aspirational shape of the Land Rover Defender has in its essence been in design since 1948. And while it must be noted that Defender dynamics and ergonomics basically stayed in the 40s, saying the Defender has a…
Ford Everest Named Car of the Year
From flames to glory, maybe they should have called it the Phoenix instead of the Everest? It’s been a massive couple of weeks for Ford. A few days ago a motoring journalist was test driving a new Everest when it mysteriously…
PAJERO TO BE KILLED OFF
Citing fuel consumption and emissions issues, Mitsubishi CEO Osamu Masuko has told US trade publication Automotive News that the Pajero is to be killed off from the Mitsubishi production line. The company instead will be focussing on rolling out a…
Ford Everest Catches Fire
Ford Everest catches fire – not what you’d expect on a test drive! News Corp Australia motoring journalist Peter Barnwell was road-testing a newly-released Ford Everest when all of a sudden warning lights reportedly started flashing up on the dash…
THE EDITORS COLUMN
As I’m writing this I’m jammed into a seat between a bloke who should be a prop-forward for the Wallabies and a guy who bowed out in the first episode of last year’s The Biggest Loser (I’ve officially lost feeling…
VIDEO: TOYOTA KLUGER GETS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
It just wasn’t this driver’s day.
Dodge Ram to be sold In Aus.
ATECO Automotive and the Walkinshaw Automotive Group have joined forces to convert Ram pick-up trucks to right-hand drive for the Australian markets, announcing the new venture – dubbed ‘American Special Vehicles’ – this week ahead of sales commencing later this…
November 2015 – INDUSTRY NEWS
UNSEALED 4X4 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW CRAIG LOWNDES We talk to six-time Bathurst 1000 winner (and four wheel drive nut) Craig Lowndes on being a motorsports champion; and how driving a 4X4 across Australia helps him when he’s behind the wheel of…
General Tire 100 year anniversary
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