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ZD30 Patrol: Your guide to the Nissan Patrol ZD30 engine

By David Morley · 05 Nov 2020

It’s often said that you have to challenge perceptions and traditions in order to achieve progress. So when Nissan moved, in 2000, to fit its successful Patrol franchise with an engine other than an inline six, Patrol enthusiasts everywhere were all ears.

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Best 4WDs for towing

By Brendan Batty · 04 Nov 2020

It looks like we're going to be stuck on our island continent for a little while. Not that it's really a problem because between the exceptional beauty of places like the Victorian High Country and the remote paradises of northern Australia, we have pretty much everything we need for a great escape right here.

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RD28 engine: Your guide to the Nissan Patrol motor

By David Morley · 22 Oct 2020

It seems very odd, but Nissan’s 2.8-litre turbo-diesel six-cylinder as seen in Australian-delivered Patrols, actually began its development journey as a petrol engine. What’s strange about that is that petrol and diesel engines usually have vastly different design parameters to account for their differing characteristics.

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Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series detailed

By Andrew Chesterton · 21 Oct 2020

The Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series will be around $7000 more expensive when it debuts in September 2021, as the Japanese giant recoups development costs for the new TNGA platform, new V6 diesel engine and new safety equipment, according to new reports in J

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TD42 engine: Your guide to the Nissan turbo diesel motor

By David Morley · 19 Oct 2020

Nissan’s TD42 engine as seen in the GQ and GU Patrols of the late 1980s and right up to 2007, was kind of the black sheep of the TD engine clan.

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Toyota Fortuner 2021 review: GX off-road test

By Marcus Craft · 22 Sep 2020

Toyota's Fortuner has never reached the sales heights of its stablemates the LandCruiser, Prado or HiLux, but while it may underperform in terms of sales, there is nothing especially bad about it. It's simply a solid seven-seat ute-based 4WD wagon. But now it's had a styling refresh, and it also has more power and torque, increased towing capacity, improved fuel consumption, and more safety tech.

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Land Cruiser 300 Series diesel detailed

By Andrew Chesterton · 18 Sep 2020

Details surrounding the new Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series new diesel engine have begun to emerge, with fresh reports out of Japan the updated icon will be equipped with a new 3.3-litre V6 diesel when it lands in 2021.The reports, though unconfirmed, marry

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Meet the mysterious Ford Ranger FX4 Max

By Andrew Chesterton · 16 Sep 2020

Ford Australia has begun teasing a vehicle widely expected to be the new Ford Ranger FX4 Max, with the hardcore baby Raptor getting ready to launch.In a fresh salvo in the war with the new Toyota HiLux (and vehicles like the Nissan Navara Warrior, the new

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Toyota HiLux SR5 2021 review

By Matt Campbell · 08 Sep 2020

The 2021 Toyota HiLux has been revamped, but have the improvements and changes been worth the wait? And are they worth the extra asking price?

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Which lifestyle dual-cab ute is right for you

By Tung Nguyen · 03 Sep 2020

Dual-cab utes are big business in Australia, just look on any street or driveaway in the country and you will surely spot more than a few pick-ups.

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