Automotive
4x4 Magazine Australia
V6 STICK
VOLKSWAGEN HAS ADDED A MANUAL VARIANT TO ITS AMARAOK V6 RANGE, AND IT COMES WITH AN OLD-SCHOOL TWO-SPEED PART-TIME 4X4 SYSTEM THAT BENEFITS OFF-ROAD CAPABILITY.
4 min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
POWER POINTS
REDARC IS KEEPING THE RANGER’S 12-VOLT POWER NEEDS MET.
5 min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
FIRE ESCAPE
A NO-STRINGS-ATTACHED FREE CAMPSITE WITH POWER SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, BUT SUCH A PLACE EXISTS AT LAKE TYERS IN EAST GIPPSLAND.
5 min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED
THE CHALLENGING TRACKS WITHIN KROOMBIT TOPS NATIONAL PARK DEMAND EXPERT LEVELS OF 4X4 KNOW-HOW.
4 min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
Chilling Out
THE PORTABLE FRIDGE HAS REPLACED THE ESKY AS THE GO-TO BEER-CHILLING TOOL FOR AUSSIES. WE HAVE A CHAT TO THE FRIDGE EXPERTS IN THE INDUSTRY.
10+ min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
INTO THE UNKNOWN
THE RIG IS BUILT AND THE TANKS ARE FULL. NOW IT’S TIME FOR ONE HELL OF AN ADVENTURE.
4 min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
BACK IN MY DAY
GEN Z ARE TAKING TO THE TRACKS, AND DOING IT IN STYLE.
5 min |
March 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
TOJO TIME CAPSULE
THIS FJ45 MIGHT BE NEARING 36 YEARS OLD, BUT WHEN YOU SLIDE BEHIND THE WHEEL IT FEELS AND SMELLS LIKE AN ALL-NEW LAND CRUISER UTE.
6 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
SHUT THE GATE
IF YOU HAVE A UTE AND A BUNCH OF MOUNTAIN BIKING MATES, YAKIMA’S GATEKEEPER WILL MAKE YOU THE MOST POPULAR PERSON IN TOWN.
3 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
THE OTHER NAVARA
NISSAN’S D23 NAVARA IS NOTED FOR ITS COIL-SPRING REAR SUSPENSION, BUT THERE IS ONE MODEL WITH TRADITIONAL LEAF SPRINGS ON THE LOAD AXLE.
5 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
SHORT SHIFT
IT’S SLIM PICKINGS IN THE RANKS OF TWO-DOOR 4X4s IN TODAY’S NEW-CAR MARKET. UNTIL THE DEFENDER 90 LOBS LATE IN 2020, THE WRANGLER AND JIMNY ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS AVAILABLE, SO WE TOOK THEM OUT FOR A PLAY TO SEE WHICH SHORTY STANDS TALLEST.
10+ min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
FULL BINNS
BINNS TRACK MAY HAVE MORPHED ONLY RECENTLY, BUT IT’S QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF THE OUTBACK’S MORE POPULAR AND CHALLENGING ADVENTURES.
7 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
RAM OIL
FOR THOSE WHO WANT A TURBO-DIESEL RAM 1500 LARAMIE, THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER.
8 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
KEEPING IT CLEAN
COMMON SENSE AND PROPER PLANNING KEEP 99 PER CENT OF CONTAMINANTS OUT OF YOUR 4X4. HERE’S HOW TO STOP THE LAST ONE PER CENT.
7 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
BEAD POPPIN' & ROCK HOPPIN'
THE CREW AT 4X4 AUSTRALIA A INVITE INTO A BUNCH OF ADVERTISERS S TO GET AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS OF OFF-ROAD DRIVING IN THE HILLS BEHIND COFFS HARBOUR, NSW.
4 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
COOL RUNNINGS
IT’S A WELL-PROVEN UNIT, BUT DOES THIS BIG BOPPER FROM NATIONAL LUNA WARRANT THE STEEP STICKER PRICE?
2 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
ATTENTION SEEKER
WHEN YOU’RE A NEW, SMALL PLAYER UP AGAINST THE ESTABLISHED BIG BOYS IT PAYS TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD, WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT THIS LITTLE JIMNY HAS BEEN BUILT TO DO.
8 min |
Summer 2020
4x4 Magazine Australia
SUPER SIZ ED MSA 4X4 6WD LC200 (PART 7)
AFTER A LONG, HARD SLOG, MSA 4X4’S STRETCHED SIX-WHEEL DRIVE ‘SUPERCRUISER’ IS FINALLY COMPLETE, AND THE IMPRESSIVE 6WD BEAST HAS NOW PASSED ITS FIRST TEST AS AN OFF-ROAD TOURER BIG ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF SEVEN.
10+ min |
December 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Desert Drag Race
AN IRREGULAR DAY AT 4X4 AUSTRALIA SEES US LINE UP SEVEN DUAL-CAB UTES FOR A STRAIGHT-LINE, HIGH-SPEED SHOOT-OUT ON A DUSTY CLAYPAN.
9 min |
December 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Tip-Top Troopy
2010 TOYOTA LC GXL TROOP CARRIER
3 min |
December 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Ram Charger
IF A NATURALLY ASPIRATED PETROL V8 DOESN’T DELIVER THE TORQUE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, THEN A SUPERCHARGER KIT WILL PROVIDE THE BOOST YOU SEEK.
4 min |
December 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Barmah And Beyond
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVERS AND CAMPERS CAN INDULGE IN THE MURRAY RIVER’S RED GUM FORESTS, QUIET BACKWATERS AND SANDY BEACHES.
8 min |
December 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
WITH THE ALL-NEW DEFENDER FINALLY REVEALED, WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT HOW IT GOT TO THIS POINT.
7 min |
November 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
RAPTOR VS RUBICON - FACTORY FIGHT CARD
SHOWROOM-STOCK 4X4s DON’T COME MORE CAPABLE THAN THE RANGER RAPTOR AND WRANGLER RUBICON, BUT WHICH ONE IS KING OF THE HILL?
10+ min |
November 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
ONE FOOT AFTER THE OTHER, MODIFIED JEEPS ARE CHANGING THE 4X4 GAME.
6 min |
November 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
DESERT RIVER
FOLLOWING THE HAY RIVER THROUGH THE SIMPSON DESERT IS ONE OF THE GREAT DESERT JOURNEYS IN AUSTRALIA. JOIN US AS WE HEAD SOUTH ALONG THE EPHEMERAL RIVER.
8 min |
November 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
A LEGEND REBORN?
YOU’VE PROBABLY READ ALL ABOUT THE NEW DEFENDER FROM ITS LAUNCH IN FRANKFURT, BUT WILL THIS ALL-NEW LAND ROVER HAVE THE OFF-ROAD PERFORMANCE TO LIVE UP TO ITS LEGENDARY NAMEPLATE? LET’S TAKE A CLOSE LOOK.
4 min |
November 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Safe Escape
Kinetic Recovery Ropes offer a new, safer way to snatch stuck vehicles out predicaments.
9 min |
September 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Power Patrol
The unique tub tray and clean lines of this sweet patrol ute hide a very big secret: a cummins diesel shoehorned into its engine bay. Go-anywhere rig? Yep, we reckon so.
5 min |
September 2019
4x4 Magazine Australia
Parmas And Potholes
Rollicking through rawson on a winter’s day.
6 min |