TWO POLES, FIVE CONTINENTS AND A FIST FULL OF GUTS

LAST month, 4X4 Australia joined rally champion and stunt driver Andrew Comrie-Picard at The Explorers Club (TEC) in New York City for the send-off of a round-the-world journey of epic scale, the Transglobal Car Expedition (TGCE).

HILUX UPDATE

UPDATED HILUX ON THE WAY WITH MINOR FACELIFT

HIGH RISER

OUR BUDGET-BUILD GQ PATROL GETS A FRESH SUSPENSION KIT READY FOR A SUMMER OF OFFROAD ADVENTURING

THE COIL REVOLUTION

SUPERIOR ENGINEERING'S COIL CONVERSIONS REPLACE OLD-SCHOOL TECH WITH MODERN SUSPENSION PERFORMANCE

THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE WORLD

WITH LIMITED VEHICLE NUMBERS, YOU’LL FEEL LIKE YOU’RE AT THE END OF THE WORLD ON PRISTINE DIRK HARTOG ISLAND

5 OF THE BEST

QUEENSLAND IS BLESSED WITH MANY SPECTACULAR NATIONAL PARKS, BUT THESE FIVE REMOTE, DESOLATE, HISTORIC AND BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED

CLEAN AS A WHISTLE

THIS D-MAX SETS THE BAR FOR BUILDS YOU COULD EAT OFF

MUSCLE TRUCK

CHEVY'S SILVERADO PICKUP MIGHT BE BIG AND BRAWNY ON PAPER, BUT IT LACKS IN MUSCLE WHEN IT COMES TO LOAD AND TOWING CAPACITY IN STANDARD FORM. RAMBLER VEHICLES HAS DEVELOPED A GVM AND GCM UPGRADE PACKAGE TO FIX THIS... AND WE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO SAMPLE IT

MR PROFESSIONAL

BUILT AS AUSTRALIA'S MOST IMPRESSIVE BUSINESS CARD, THIS FLASH LC79 DOESN'T JUST TALK THE TALK, IT WALKS THE WALK

DREDDED 2 IMPRESS

FORD AND TOYOTA APPLY THE LIPPY TO THEIR BIG- SELLING UTES TO ATTRACT THE BUYING PUBLIC TODAY IT IS FORD VERSUS TOYOTA AT THE TOP OF THE BREA SALES CHARTS HEADED BY THE BRANDS' MIDSIZE 4X4 UTES GR SPORT IS BASED ON THE ROGUE, THE FORMER TOP-SPEC HILUX WILDTRAK X HAS THE FEATURES OF THE V6 WILDTRAK X'S ENGINE AND TRANS COMBO IS MORE SMOOTHER, QUIETER AND REFINED THAN THE GR SPORT

PLAYFUL WARRIOR

PREMCAR HAS WAVED ITS UPGRADE-WAND OVER NISSAN'S Y62 PATROL TO CREATE A WARRIOR ... AND WE TOOK IT TO TASSIE TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE

QUEENSLAND POLICE KIT OUT TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 300 SERIES

QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE (QPS) HAS INVESTED IN NEW 'CRUISERS FOR SPECIALISED DISTRICT DUTY OFFICERS (DDO), KITTED OUT WITH ARB GEAR AND OTHER SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT

SMALL 4X4, BIG GATHERING

JIMNY INVASION PROVES SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER

SMOOTH TOURING

A SERVICE AND HIGHWAY TRIP FOR OUR RANGER, AS THE BUILD CONTINUES.

FJ'S NEW HOOPS

RESIDENT 4X4 AUSTRALIA PHOTOGRAPHER ELLEN DEWAR NEEDED SOME NEW RUBBER FOR HER FJ CRUISER, AND THIS SET OF HOOPS FROM COOPER TIRES FIT THE BILL.

POWER TRIP

KEEPING ALL YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES FED HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER, THANKS TO THE NEW POWER BOX RANGE

SELF-SUPPORT

WE ADDED AN AUSTRALIAN-MADE 270° AWNING FROM BOSS ALUMINIUM TO THE RANGER AND WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER WITH HOW IT WORKS

Absolutely Gorgeous

IT MIGHT NOT BE THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM CIVILISATION, BUT YOU WILL STILL FEEL REMOTE AND ISOLATED WHEN TRAVELLING THROUGH THE SPECTACULAR FORESTS AND GORGES OF NYMBOIBINDERAY NATIONAL PARK

DESERT ROK

VOLKSWAGEN’S NEW AMAROK SETS OUT ON ITS FIRST OUTBACK TEST OF METTLE AGAINST THE ELEMENTS AND THE CLOCK

LIGHT DUTIES

OUTFITTING SOFT-ROADERS WITH ALL-ROAD EQUIPMENT MIGHT NOT BE BIG BUSINESS IN THIS COUNTRY, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED IRONMAN 4X4 FROM MAKING ITS PRODUCTS FOR THE 2019+ TOYOTA RAV4 AVAILABLE

A GRAND AFFAIR

JEEP’S FIFTH-GENERATION GRAND CHEROKEE NOW COMES IN BOTH FIVE- AND SEVEN-SEAT MODELS. WE TOOK THIS FIVE-SEAT OVERLAND WITH THE OFF-ROAD GROUP OPTION TO THE TRACKS TO SEE HOW IT HANDLES ON- AND OFF SEALED ROAD

CHASING HORSES

WITH MORE THAN FIVE TIMES THE FACTORY HORSEPOWER, THIS BARRASWAPPED RANGER IS MUCH MORE THAN A SHOW PONY

RAMBLIN' RIGS

4X4 AUSTRALIA GETS BEHIND THE WHEELS OF THREE TRUCKS FROM RAMBLER AUTOMOTIVE, TO DECIDE WHICH ONE IS THE ULTIMATE TOURER

HEAVY ARTILLERY

THE GWM TANK 300 IS OFF-ROAD-READY AND COMES WITH AN ENTICING PRICE TAG

INEOS GRENADIER QUARTERMASTER DEBUTS

INEOS AUTOMOTIVE REVEALES ITS SECOND MODEL - THE 2024 GRENADIER QUARTERMASTER DUAL-CAB PICK-UP.

2024 TRITON BREAKS COVER

SIXTH-GEN TRITON DEBUTS AND IS EXPECTED HERE EARLY NEXT YEAR

SCUFF MARKS

DEANO'S RANGER HAS LOW MILEAGE BUT IS EARNING ITS BUSH PINSTRIPES

A FINE CUT

A POWERFUL LITTLE GARDEN PRUNER THAT IS THE IDEAL TOOL FOR TRIMMING FIREWOOD WHEN IN THE BUSH

LOW RIDER

GOT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING YOUR FOURBY? TRED OUTDOORS HAS COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

TRAPPING SATAN'S VEGEMITE

EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT CAN CAUSE MODERN TURBO-DIESEL ENGINES TO CHOKE ON THEIR OWN EXHAUST FUMES, UNLESS YOU FIT A QUALITY CATCH-CAN.