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    Four Winners From Five Rounds
    Following a protest, the penultimate round of the 2023-2024 Lucas Oil 4WD Trials Series has been awarded to Craig Potter and Michael Hill. The event at Te Kuiti was held in constant rain, meaning hill obstacles were difficult to clear. It was South W
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Ford Adds Tremor To Ranger Line-up
    This one will work for a living. Edging into an already packed Ford Ranger family above the Sport, the Ranger Tremor promises off-road capability and excellent handling. The Tremor model name is used in the UK but is making its debut here this year.
    NZ4WD1 min read
    It's a Land Rover
    Specialist builders SV have created a 4WD that looks like a Land Rover, but isn't. Fourteen years of development have gone into the SV Rover, which has been designed and built in Southern California and engineered to comfortably tackle technical off-
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Winter fun – GET READY
    It's that time of year. It's been a great summer with some memorable adventures, and now we head into winter. Suddenly the off-roading becomes a whole packet of different challenges. That easy track tackled in the dusty height of summer is now going
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Tough Ute Refreshed For 2024
    Isuzu has revealed the updated 2024 D-MAX range. It includes a revised line-up of variants including the new X-Rider. The entire range has improvements to design, multimedia and safety. The company says “New Zealand's toughest ute is better than ever
    NZ4WD4 min read
    Grandads Axe
    You know the one, it has had three new blades and four new handles but it is still grandad's original axe! Billy Prescott's Land Cruiser 40 is a bit the same – very few of the pieces on it are the same originals that came from Toyota San's factory in
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    First Hybrid Ute Hits The Market
    The race is over: Toyota is the first auto maker to bring a right-hand drive hybrid 4WD ute to market. The Hilux Hybrid, arrives simultaneously in New Zealand and Australia. In New Zealand the Hilux Hybrid will be sold in single spec at launch: the d
    NZ4WD3 min read
    The 4WD drought?
    We joined a 4WD fundraiser the other day. The cause was good, to raise funds to go to a hospital cancer ward toward equipment and nursing costs. Having lost a family member to the big C it was nice to be involved. It drew a good bunch of about 30 veh
    NZ4WD4 min read
    Everything You Could Want For 4WD Recovery
    Ironman 4x4 products have been developed in the harshest proving ground in the world: Australia. Sold in more than 120 countries, Ironman products have been the first choice for customers for more than 50 years. Redesigned and upgraded, these winches
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    Hanging Around The Henge
    A long weekend enabled my 4WD club to arrange a Sunday evening visit to Stonehenge Aotearoa in Ahiaruhe, with touring trips for the Sunday and Monday to make the most of the trip. To avoid an early start on the Sunday, we decided to have a leisurely
    NZ4WD1 min read
    It's A What?
    BYD is gauging desire for its new ultraluxurious SUV, but may want to revise its name – Yangwang – for Western buyers. The Chinese company last year revealed the U8 4x4 as the spearhead of its new Yangwang luxury brand, envisioned as a rival to the l
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Ineos Launches A Specialist Quartermaster Ute
    Hot on the heels of the Grenadier SUV, Ineos Automotive has launched a fiveseat double cab-chassis variant of the Grenadier Quartermaster pick-up, aimed at specialist vehicle converters and commercial body builders worldwide. Developed alongside the
    NZ4WD2 min read
    New KGM Torres
    A petrol-powered SUV, the Torres, is the vehicle chosen to usher in the new KGM brand. It can't be easy to overhaul an entire car company, but that's precisely what the new Ssangyong, KGM, is tasked with. The process started last year with the change
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    Under Pressure Off The Road
    Some people really frustrate you with their crazy notions and refusal to follow instructions. I was out with a group a little while back and the weather wasn't the best with rain coming and going all weekend but the tracks were mostly fairly easy goi
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Gates 4WD Emergency Kits For Unexpected Breakdowns
    Gates Australia has developed a range of 4WD emergency kits. These kits are designed to provide drivers with everything they need to tackle unexpected breakdowns, whether on the side of the highway, off-roading in the bush or stranded in an isolated
    NZ4WD3 min read
    Crash And Bash At Manukau
    Twice postponed, but worth the wait. Off-road racing's national championship roared into action on 24 March at the Manukau International Offroad Stadium. The racing had been scheduled to happen in late February but was postponed due to heavy rain. Th
    NZ4WD2 min read
    The Best Transmission Is…
    NZ4WD gets to drive some exceptional vehicles each year. Often, talk turns to favourites among the test drives. Almost as often, talk is also about the mechanicals: engine, transmission, 4WD system. Some readers – a very few – may have had the ‘pleas
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    Championship Battle Back On Track
    Will it be another UTV year? After rain delays, the 2024 CT Civil offroad racing championship got under way with short course racing at Manukau, and once more we have a ‘Club 72’ forming: racers who take maximum points from each round. Tony McCall re
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Expecting Excellence Power Train Options Are Expanding
    The year is revving up. Summer safaris are behind us, the 4x4 Trials series is winding up and winter motorsport is under way. In the new vehicle market, non-EVs are ascendent again with the removal of the ‘ute tax’ and EV subsidies on 1 April. Withou
    NZ4WD3 min read
    Working On Relationships
    As the winter months close in and most 4WD tracks and trails get wet, slippery and soft, we need to think about their future. As users of those tracks, we need to recognise that if they are on public land, the costs of maintenance and mitigation fall
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    Farewell To The V8
    Jeep fans, look away. The V8 Jeep Wrangler is going out the only way it knows how: with a bang. Jeep has just revealed the 2024 Wrangler Rubicon 392 Final Edition, a limited-run sendoff for the beastliest factory Wrangler there ever was. Unfortunatel
    NZ4WD2 min readIndustries
    Living Big In Chevy-land
    The new Chevrolet Silverado 2500 Heavy Duty has arrived down- under with a more powerful V8 engine and a swathe of enhancements with a focus on towing, technology, and comfort. Powered by a 6.6-litre Duramax turbodiesel V8 engine with 350kW and 1332N
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    The Newest And Best In Campers And Motorhomes
    Everything about outdoor living: the 2024 Covi Motorhome, Caravan and Outdoor SuperShow was held at the Auckland Showgrounds in Greenlane from 15 to 17 March. In post-Covid years and especially during the lockdowns and travel restrictions of 2020-202
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Where To Go, What To See And Do – And When
    Kumeu Showgrounds, Auckland. 4x4 vendors, show & shine, camping, swap meet. Details www.4x4outdoorexpo.co.nz email info@4x4outdoorexpo.co.nz Phone 021 268 2070. Round 4, Colyton This series is for those 4WDers who wish to use their everyday 4WD or cl
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    Government Move Hits The Right Note
    In a move that will have owners of plug-in hybrids smiling, Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed his support for a low $38 Road User Charge rate for PHEVs. The new lower rate was the result of a mistake by government members of the Transport
    NZ4WD8 min read
    Going Large In The Best Of British
    Those who love ‘real’ off-roading listen up. As NZ4WD found when we named the shorter Defender our 4WD of the year, the new Defender remains a proper 4WD. This doesn't mean living with an unrefined, clunky old truck on school or grocery runs in betwe
    NZ4WD2 min read
    Improving On Excellence
    Since it was released in 2021, the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series has built a reputation for combining modern comfort with impressive off-road capabilities. Boasting confident towing capacity, ample family space and an ability to take on New Zealand'
    NZ4WD6 min read
    Photo Reconnaissance In Glacier Country
    Since 4x4Explorer Adventures started back in 2020, we've been looking at ways to expand our client base and diversify the business. Among the ideas that we have had: to attract guests from overseas and to offer trips to photographers looking to get i
    NZ4WD6 min read
    A Useful Amarok Addition
    With a swanky, high spec interior and a surprising level of refinement and driver assist technologies, the petrolpowered VW Amarok is an interesting proposition. It adds a completely new ‘vibe’ to the Amarok, and it's hard to deny there are those who
    NZ4WD5 min read
    Into Africa
    For us there was just something unknown about Africa, too scary, too big, too complicated, too hot, and so it was left undiscovered until we started to ‘run out of road’. In 2019 we planned to buy a car in South Africa and travel around Africa for no

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