Toyota LandCruiser 79 Double Cab

Toyota is taking a bricks and mortar approach with its LC79 workhorse ute in a bid to be big boss on site

Simpson Desert app

A Simpson Desert-flavoured iPad app is available to download for free from the Apple App Store in celebration of the first motor vehicle crossing of the formidable red giant by a Nissan Patrol G60 in 1962.

Into the beyond

Heard of Beyond Hotham? It’s a 4X4 event designed to show off the best the High Country has to offer.

Septuagenarian

We hope we can travel as well as this Toyota when we’re 76.

Interview: Bruce Garland and Harry Suzuki

Isuzu’s intrepid off-road racing duo recounts more than two decades of tough love.

4x4 Event: The Camel Trophy

Twenty-five years after the ‘4X4 Olympics’ were held in Australia, seven Land Rover Defenders recreate the gruelling off-road event.

Australia's 20 best-selling dual-range 4x4s

They are Australia’s 20 best-selling dual-range 4X4s - but are they all worth your hard-earned dollar?

4x4 of the Year 2012 winner

Toyota's FJ Cruiser has taken out the title of 4X4 Australia's 4X4 of the Year 2012.

Celebrating 30 years of the Mitsubishi Diamond

Mitsubishi celebrated 30 years of its diamond logo in Australia with a trip full of desert sparkle.

4X4 Ute of the Year... Meet the winner

The dust has settled and the five judges have tallied their scores...

4X4 Ute of the Year: Sneak Preview

The judges have taken five competent 4X4 utes through their paces, and a winner has been decided.

Land Rover engineer Arthur Goddard

4X4 Australia talks to 90-year-old Arthur Goddard, the man who engineered the first Land Rover.

Toyota Hilux: Petrol vs diesel

Revamped it may be, but has Toyota done enough to keep the Hilux up front in an increasingly competitive ute market? We drive the diesel and petrol variants to find out…

Ford Ranger global challenge

Australians have just 10 days to vote for their pick of the five finalists of the Ford Ranger Global Challenge.

4x4s stuck in the mud

4x4s stuck in the mud

Ford Ranger interview

4X4 Australia’s exclusive interview with Gary Boes, Vehicle Line Director, T6 Programme Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.

4x4 of the Year 2009

We rate how well the new players can look forward to their bush future.

Buying a 4x4

The value question is sometimes the most hotly debated criterion, as it’s often a perceived issue rather than technical fact.

Land Rover Club of Victoria

We tag along with the Land Rover Club of Victoria for a weekend

The legends of the Australasian Safari

For 25 years some special characters have thrown themselves full tilt at some of the world's harshest terrains. Meet the legends of the Australasian Safari.

Tyres for BIG wheels

As 4x4s become more performance-oriented and towing capacities increase, it’s inevitable that brakes need to be larger.

Range Rover Lineage

We’ve come a long way since the hose-out interior but, along the way, lost nothing of the Range Rover’s original intention.