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Land Rover Defender 90 review
Road Tests

Land Rover Defender 90 review: Last drive

The Land Rover Defender is a 4×4 icon with few peers but its time is almost up.

Mahindra Pik-Up 4X4
Custom 4x4s

Mahindra Pik-Up

Thanks to a little bit of massaging, this Mahindra Pik-Up is one functional and tough workhorse.

Top Dog Steering Dampener
Vehicle Protection

SV Adjustable Tough Dog Steering Dampener

Tough Dog’s adjustable steering damper provides tunable off-road steering feedback.

Redarc Smart Start Battery Management System
Electronics & Gadgets

Redarc Battery Management System

Redarc’s Smart Start Battery Management System packages 5 products in the one unit!

Glen Ross
Explore WA

Gascoyne and Ashburton Rivers, WA

Ron and Viv Moon battle dusty tracks and flood waters to explore the Gascoyne and the Ashburton Rivers of north-western Australia.

Bluestone Beach
Explore TAS

Freycinet National Park information

The 11,000-hectare Freycinet National Park on the east coast of Tasmania is a tourist’s delight at any time of the year with its orange boulders, white sand and turquoise water.

Land Rover Discovery 4 vs Range Rover Sport review
Road Tests

Land Rover Discovery 4 vs Range Rover Sport review

Sometimes, more technological attention needs to be paid when developing new versions of old-school stuff that worked.

Unlimiting Factors
Road Tests

Unlimiting Factors

Modern vehicles still struggle with our idea of Bushability. Let’s see who’s closest to the mark.

Role playing
Road Tests

4X4 of the Year touring

All this year’s finalists will make a pleasant vehicle for touring both the wilder areas of Australia and the city backstreets, some just do it better.

Range Rover Vogue review
Road Tests

Range Rover Vogue review

The new Range Rover Vogue TDV8 manages a scale of economy not yet seen with the luxury mud-plugger.

Nissan Patrol review
Road Tests

Nissan Patrol review

It’s still not officially here yet but, finally, we’ve had the chance to really put the much anticipated new Patrol to the test on Aussie soil.

Range Rover Sport review
Road Tests

Range Rover Sport review

Four contenders, four days, five criteria and one winner

Jeep Wrangler Unlimited review
Road Tests

Jeep Wrangler Unlimited review

It’s that time again as we say goodbye to a particularly popular long-term test vehicle: the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited.

Toyota LandCruiser 100 Series review
Road Tests

Toyota LandCruiser 100 Series review

Michael Beaumont’s sensibly modified 100 Series is a great example of a sharply-built budget tourer.

Toyota FJ Cruiser review
Road Tests

Toyota FJ Cruiser review

Normally staid Toyota breaks with tradition and goes all, well, traditional with its FJ retrospective.

Challenge Meridian camper trailer review
Road Tests

Challenge Meridian camper trailer review

Challenge was quick to accept our invitation to participate in the camper trailer torture test. Its confidence was well-placed, because the Meridian came through with shining colours.

Volkswagen Amarok review
Road Tests

Volkswagen Amarok review

Some new, very different metal is advancing on the Aussie ute battlefield.

4X4 Australia: Best in class
Road Tests

4X4 Australia: Best in class

2011’s Best in class 4x4s as judged by 4X4 Autralia

Skoda Octavia Scout review
Road Tests

Skoda Octavia Scout review

Skoda has finally prepared its Octavia Scout with an auto gearbox.

Cars that think they're 4x4s
Road Tests

Cars that think they’re 4x4s

Cars that think they’re 4x4s

Best 4WDs to buy
Road Tests

Best 4x4s to buy

Our guide to the best off-road cars, SUVs and 4x4s.

Ford Territory vs Kia Sorento review
Road Tests

Ford Territory vs Kia Sorento review

Ford has finally come good with its promise of a diesel-powered Territory, but is it too little, too late? We test it against Kia’s excellent Sorento to find out.

Toyota Prado vs Land Rover Discovery 4 vs Jeep Grand Cherokee review
Road Tests

Prado vs Disco 4 vs Grand Cherokee comparison review

Jeep’s new Grand Cherokee is almost too cheap to be true, but does it compare to the king of the class, Toyota’s Prado, and the budget Land Rover D4?

Toyota HiLux review
Road Tests

Toyota HiLux review

Toyota has tweaked its ever-popular Hilux but will the changes be sufficient to see off new challengers from Ford and Mazda?