Adventure Reviews

Isuzu D-Max 2020 review: SX crew cab 4x4 off-road

By Marcus Craft · 19 Feb 2020

A new generation of Isuzu's D-Max is on the way here later this year, but until then the current entry-level SX crew cab ute might just be worth your consideration. In a market bustling with high-tech and increasingly refined car-like utes, the D-Max is refreshingly old-school - but, in this day and age, is being old school good enough?

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Holden Colorado 2020 review: Z71 off-road

By Marcus Craft · 03 Feb 2020

In Australia's ute market brimming with sticker-pack specials and extreme versions of everyone's beloved work-and-play utilities, is the Holden Colorado Z71 a showboat or actually something of substance?

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Holden Colorado takes on Thai jungle

By David Morley · 21 Jan 2020

As news broke of Holden's woes in Australia, our writer landed in Thailand to drive Holden Colorados in the jungle.

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Jeep Gladiator 2019 review: Rubicon off-road

By Marcus Craft · 15 Jan 2020

Australia's outdoors enthusiasts stand to benefit from Jeep's return to the pick-up truck market as its dual-cab ute, the Gladiator, is expected to be available here in the second quarter of 2020.It's part-work truck, part-leisure machine - but is the Gladiator actually any good? We drove it in New Zealand to find out.

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LDV T60 2020 review: Luxe off-road

By Marcus Craft · 17 Dec 2019

The LDV T60 was rather a nice surprise at its Australian launch in 2017. It was a Chinese-built dual-cab ute that actually looked pretty good, seemed well-built, drove nicely, was adequately capable off-road and it was sharply priced and well-equipped. So now, with new Walkinshaw-tweaked suspension, is the LDV T60 the best value-for-money ute in Australia?

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Toyota Fortuner 2020 review: Crusade off-road

By Marcus Craft · 11 Dec 2019

The Fortuner is under-performing in terms of sales, but is it actually worth considering as a daily driver and weekend off-road tourer?

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Jeep Wrangler 2020 review: Rubicon diesel tow test

By Marcus Craft · 22 Nov 2019

Much has been penned about the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon's effectiveness off-road so, how did it do?

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Ram 1500 2020 review: Laramie diesel tow test

By Matt Campbell · 20 Nov 2019

The Ram 1500 diesel model has arrived in Australia, and it promises effortless towing. But does it live up to the promise in the real world?We put it to the test - with and without a load behind it - to see if the 2020 Ram 1500 Laramie EcoDiesel is a good option for buyers after a big strong ute.

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Blue Tongue XH15 2020 review

By Brendan Batty · 19 Nov 2019

Hybrid campers offer some of the best comforts of a caravan (solid walls, proper beds, little to no set-up time) with the best aspects of camper-trailers (light, small, rugged and able to be towed nearly anywhere). There's plenty of excitement about Blue Tongue Campers' first h ybrid, so we took it bush to see what it's about.

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Cub Longreach LE 2020 review

By Brendan Batty · 15 Nov 2019

Hybrid campers tread the line between caravan comfort and camper trailer-manoeuvrability and are touted as somewhat of a new thing; almost an evolution of comfort as more people look for a perfect camping experience.But camper-trailers like the Cub Longreach LE prove that the concept has been around for decades.

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