Is this appropriate off road driving?
There’s one GQ Patrol owner who’s hooning is likely to find him in a bit of hot water very soon if not already after a video was posted by ACT Parks and Conservation on facebook of someone having fun off road at Bulls Head in Namadji…
Isuzu Ute celebrates 10 years in Australia
Congratulations to Isuzu Ute Australia, 10 years in the cut-throat ute market in Australia is a landmark achievement! Isuzu’s Thai-built ute came to our shores in 2008, marketed by Isuzu as the D-MAX. Holden also sold the D-MAX badge engineered as the Colorado, replacing their…
New 2020 Defender Replacement Spied in Public
The Defender replacement may have been spotted in public in the UK! The photos here, courtesy of Auto Express UK, are said to show a heavily camouflaged pilot (or pre-production test) car which will be reasonably close to the final product. Previous spy shots have…
Use your phone & gain 10 demerit points this weekend
The NSW Roads and Maritime Services have recently changed the rules surrounding mobile phone use on public roads in NSW. Not only are the regulations pretty tight, but the demerit points penalty has been raised from four to five points. With double demerits over the…
Reviewed: Hardcase for a tough life
There’s a new 4X4 gear case on the market that we have been testing out, during filming for season 11. Now a box is a box, right? They all do the same basic job, because if they don’t they wouldn’t be boxes. It’s all the…
Bridle Track to reopen
Paul Toole, the Minister for Lands and Forestry and member for Bathurst, has announced the NSW State Government will support Bathurst Regional Council in reopening the Bridle Track with a $2-million investment. The 19th-century horse and foot track once linked the goldfields of Hill End…
Land Rover Defender replacement info leak!
UK Publication Autocar reports leaked documents from Land Rover reveal details of the long-awaited and much speculated Defender replacement. Since the 2011 ‘DC100’ concept was met with widespread disapproval, Land Rover have kept impressively quiet on the Defender replacement. Expected concept and release dates have…
Police now targeting YOUR modified 4X4
Dear Reader, Your lifted 4X4 is in danger. You knew your suspension lift, body lift and tall tyres added up to good ground clearance. You may not have known for certain that you were crossing into illegal modification territory. ‘Operation Lift’ by Queensland Police is…
Colorado ZR2 Bison – Raptor killer?
Front and rear locking diffs. Race bred remote reservoir coil-over dampers. Snorkel. Steel front and rear bumpers. Underbody skid plates. Goodyear Wrangler Duratrac tyres. Enter the Chev Colorado ZR2 Bison. Chevrolet are taking on the Ford Ranger Raptor with the new Colorado ZR2 Bison, beefed up…
Pat returns to his roots with the new Cooper Discoverer AT3 tyres
With shooting for the next season of Pat Callinan’s 4×4 Adventures well and truly underway, Pat has returned to his roots, with the new Cooper Discoverer AT3 tyres on his Volkswagen Amarok V6 vehicles. So what is it about the new AT3 range that has…
2019 Kia Sorento is a hard-core off-roader!
No, really? Take a stock AWD 2019 Sorento, bolt some off-road rubber on, a couple of bonus bash plates and disconnect the sway bars and you too could drive Hell’s Gate on Hell’s Revenge in Moab, Utah. Clearly a spotter is critical in technical…
Will the Lada Niva make a comeback?
Lada’s tough little 4X4 hasn’t been seen new in Australia since 1998 or thereabouts, and the design is over 40 years old. A child of the 70s, the Lada 4X4 (as it is now marketed), was a Soviet government-sponsored answer to the original Jeep and…
Off-Road Recovery Professionals: Help us build a list!
Our friends over at Club 4X4 are onto a top notch idea: Get a list of all off-road capable recovery companies around Australia. It’s a list you never want to use, but always want to carry. Off-road recovery can be a serious operation. You need…
This is the worst 4X4 accessory we’ve ever seen
We have had a couple of people send us screenshots and links to what could be one of the dodgiest recovery items ever created. It’s a piece of equipment designed to make a dangerous operation more convenient, but not safer. A recovery method that claims…
2019 Ford Everest Specs and Pricing
Based on the Ranger T6 Platform, the 2019 Ford Everest will see some upgraded specs including a higher performance engine and new technology. In the first major update since the 2015 launch, new for the 2019 Ford Everest sees the front grille and fascia redesigned…
How to not be eaten by a Dingo … and save a Dingo’s life too
To some, the very word Dingo is polarising. Whether referencing the Azaria Chamberlain case of the 80s or a hard-pressed farmer in lambing season looking for something to blame, Dingoes are at the pointy end of the stick for a lot of reasons. Dingoes are…
New/Old Kid on the Block: Ssangyong Rexton & Musso
Come November this year we will welcome Ssangyong back to the market with the Rexton wagon and Musso ute. Having been absent since 2006, there’s a lot of water under the bridge for the once classically South Korean styled 4X4s. Now way back in the…
More Ways for Insurers to Watch You
There’s a new thing in car insurance and you could will soon be part of it: Usage-Based Insurance (UBI), sometimes called Black Box Insurance. Sounds vanilla enough, you pay for insurance for the amount you use the car. For those of us with a daily…
RV Daily Issue 028 – Out Now!
Winter is prime time to tour many parts of the country, RV Daily Issue 028 has a whole lot of inspiration and practical advice to get the most from your holiday. Check out some of the headlines below 5 Ripper Bush Camps Take advantage of…
Man dies climbing Uluru
An elderly Japanese tourist has died trying to climb Uluru. The man, aged 76, collapsed on one of the steepest sections of the Uluru climb around 4:00pm yesterday. Park Rangers were first to arrive on the scene, performing CPR until SES crews arrived. Unfortunately without…