Off road

Toyota 1HZ engine: Everything you need to know
By David Morley · 20 Jan 2022
Turbocharging diesel engines has been going on since the early part of last century, but these days, there’s hardly a single road-going vehicle that doesn’t feature a turbocharger to boost power and efficiency. 
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In comes the Big Dog! SUV trademarked for Oz
By Andrew Chesterton · 19 Jan 2022
Haval is lining up a new SUV assault in Australia, with the Chinese brand trademarking the Haval Dargo - known in China as the Big Dog - to take on off-road-focused models like the LandCruiser Prado and Jeep Wrangler.
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January best car deals
By Neil Dowling · 19 Jan 2022
Strong buying in 2021 sees the new-car market rally bouncing into 2022, and while that means a fresh flow of new vehicles, demand is still overpowering supply. 
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Land Rover Discovery 2022 review: D300 off-road test
By Marcus Craft · 19 Jan 2022
The Land Rover Discovery may not have the wildly passionate fanbase of its beloved hard-core stablemate, the Defender, but plenty of 4WDers still believe the Disco has plenty of cred as an off-road touring machine. Well, now that the latest Defender is so comfortable, so capable and so refined - geez, it's almost a Disco in disguise - is there any room left in the line-up for the new Discovery?
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Chinese Tank is coming for your HiLux
By Andrew Chesterton · 18 Jan 2022
The GWM Tank 300 looks set to spawn a ute-based sibling that will share its retro styling, with new pictures of a heavily camouflaged truck testing in China emerging.The Tank 300 shares much of its underpinning with the GWM Ute, also known as the Cannon,
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The new Falcons and Commodores?
By Andrew Chesterton · 16 Jan 2022
UPDATED: Just about everyone in Australia has a story about the big-money win they missed out on.
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Unrated LandCruiser GR Sport no issue: Toyota
By Tim Nicholson · 14 Jan 2022
Toyota Australia says it has no intention of offering up the GR Sport variant of its LandCruiser 300 Series for crash safety testing due to expected low volumes.The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) awarded the freshly launched LandCruiser 3
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The Tank 100 is coming for your Suzuki Jimny
By Andrew Chesterton · 13 Jan 2022
Images have surfaced in China of the smallest model in GWM's rapidly expanding Tank line-up, with a model called the Tank 100 clearly taking aim at the Suzuki Jimny.The Jimny was a run-away success in Australia, with its popularity sparking delivery delay
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Lexus LX600 Off Road is coming for your LC300
By Andrew Chesterton · 13 Jan 2022
Stuck in the queue for a LC300?
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tritonToyota LandCruiser 300 Series nabs five stars
By Tim Nicholson · 12 Jan 2022
The Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series is already a huge hit with buyers and off-road fans, and now it can claim extra safety cred.Toyota's big off-road wagon has just received a five-star crash rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).C
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