4x4 Magazine Australia

WITH everything that has happened, it’s hard to believe we’re already halfway through 2020. Regardless of COVID-19 and all that’s come with it, it’s been a quiet first half of the year when it comes to new 4x4 models – and this hasn’t been helped by

We at Terrain Tamer have recently ramped up our online presence in an effort to meet the dramatic uplift in demand from online shoppers in the wake of recent national quarantine and lockdown laws. Our main priority has always been to keep our custome

THE Amarok V6 arrived here in December 2016, but only with an eightspeed automatic gearbox and a single range full-time 4x4 system. At the time Volkswagen Australia said aV6 with a manual gearbox and dual-range part-time 4x4 was just 12 months away.

VISITORS to our digital space at 4x4australia.com.au will notice our homepage resides at whichcar.com.au/4x4australia. All remains the same, with up-to-date news stories, in-depth new-car analysis and insane custom write-ups. We’ll also tick more tra

CHEVROLET importer and converter HSV has revised its range of Silverado pick-ups, as it introduces the 1500 model and is running out of the heavyduty 2500 models. With the cessation of Holden and its supply of Commodore and Colorado vehicles, as well

WHEN the 4X4 Australia crew ventured to Tasmania earlier this year for our latest adventure, we had in the convoy two of Australia’s more remarkable off-road touring vehicles. The six-wheel drive LandCruiser 200s of Shane Miles and Brad McCarthy have

OUR TRIP had not started well. We were on top of Jacobs Ladder … or at least that was what the sign said … when we were close enough to see it! We could have been anywhere, I guess, as the to just a few metres. Occasionally a wind gust would blow in

THE world’s gone crazy over a virus named after a Mexican beer and everyone is in lockdown creating a side-effect known as ‘wallclimbitis’. Thankfully, once things settle down and we’re finally allowed to leave our homes, this great land of ours has

WHILE MANY visitors to the Territory’s Top End focus their travels on the well-known Kakadu and Litchfield National Parks, with both a short drive from Darwin, just 320km south along the Stuart Highway the city of Katherine has a few parks also worth

IT IS probably no coincidence that Britain’s most influential all-wheel drive shares its initials with the brand once regarded as the ‘Best Car in the World’. From inception, the Range Rover was intended to be an executive off-roader that could haul

Combine a Rubicon tent rack with a Hutch tent and you’ll be catching zeds as soon as you get to camp. One person can easily set up and pack down the tent in five minutes, and it can be erected on any terrain four adjustable legs and feet. It is rear-

MAHINDRA has given its Pik-Up workhorse a mild facelift for the second part of 2020, as well as a few improvements. Most of the changes centre on the fresh frontend treatment with a new grille, headlamps and bumper to liven up the look. The mechanica

BACK in 1827, Allan Cunningham came through the Gwydir River area of northern NSW and camped beside the river with his entourage as they headed north looking for new pastoral land. Over the next few years more people followed and Bingara was subseque

WHILE Australia is showing the world how to deal with C19, we’re not quite out of the woods yet. It’s looking much better for taking small trips and catching up with friends and family, though, which is great. However, the economic impact will be fel

LET’S be honest, most of us are glued to our mobile phones – checking Facebook periodically, calling friends or using mapping software, among a long list of addictions – but your mobile phone will be as useful as a rake pushing water uphill when you’

RATED AVAILABLE FROM: www.trufitauto.com.au RRP: $175 (3.5sqm pack) Premium Underlay; $69, Vinyl floor covers. F&R: $129 each. SOME folks will tell you that the noise, heat and vibration of driving an old 4x4 is all part of the experience; a part of

FOUR-WHEEL drives are often called upon to haul heavy loads over all sorts of terrain, and while your truck might have the grunt to do the job easily, you have to ask if it has the stopping power to pull it all up under brakes. Brake system upgrades

WEB: WHICHCAR.COM.AU/READERRIGS FACEBOOK: @4X4AUS THE chopped Patrol has the TD42 engine with 200hp, and it’s just over standard height with 37s, twin air lockers and a canopy, all fitted to go remote camping. IT has an ARB bulbar, IPF Xtreme Sport S

1730009 KM DATE ACQUIRED: AUGUST, 2019 PRICE: $10,000 KM SINCE LAST UPDATE: 6790 AV FUEL: 10.34L/100 BEING an ex-fleet vehicle with a steel tray the Hilux was carrying a significant amount of weight on the rear, even with nothing in it. Since swappin

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0091679 KM DATE ACQUIRED: JAN 2020 PRICE: $50,403 (AS TESTED) KM SINCE LAST UPDATE: 573 AV FUEL: 11.2-L/100KM I GOT MY (clean) hands on the Triton long-termer because of coronavirus. You see, usually when we go out to shoot a car for a review – in th

NEW car sales in Australia continued to tank in April under the effects of the global pandemic with the total local market down 48.5 per cent over the same month last year. This represents the largest single decrease of any month of sales since VFACT

Top-selling 4x4s in April 2020 Source: VFACTS Top-selling 4x4s so far in 2020 Source: VFACTS Brought to you by

IN preparation for the new Jeep Grand Cherokee that’s just around the corner, Jeep Australia has refreshed its model line-up for 2020, adding updated advanced safety features, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto across the range, as well as a new entry-le