Off road

The ZX Tiger ute I bought had many problems; it was a piece of junk. It was painted twice in spots and had electronic rust protection, but continued to rust in welds on chassis and panels, and it was regularly back at the dealer's for repairs of one sort or another. In the words of the service department mechanic you only get what you pay for. Shame I didn't see him first before buying.

We turn the spotlight on the Jeep Grand Cherokee and ask the crucial questions, including the biggest -- would you buy one?

Nissan have walked away from Pathfinder as a genuine 'fourbie' taking the new R52 model unequivocally down the soft roader route and without a two range transfer.

When we first reported on the launch of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV it was described by the Japanese company as being the first production plug-in hybrid electric SUV in the world.

I bought the 2012 JK wrangler, and I'm having massive problems with it holding water. It's back in for its fifth visit due to leaking seals. Now the entire hard top is full of water and it's leaked all through the cab. Living in the tropics this means my car is now full of damp and mould, and the hard top is being replaced. Another two days in the shop, and no courtesy car offered. I have also had seat levers, gear knob and tailgate cover break already. Feels like this car is made pretty cheap and I wouldn't recommend it.

The rapidly-rising Jeep range is notching up further success with the significantly uprated Grand Cherokee range. Sales of the Grand Cherokee have shot up by 3.5 times since the new generation arrived in 2011 and Jeep dealerships in Oz have doubled from 51 to more than 100. The latest iteration introduced an

How much room do you really need? That is, do you and your wife need the five-bedroom house, the 900sqm block and the eight-seater SUV? Particularly the SUV, because this is the thing that you will rattle in up and down the freeway, occupying a lane and a half and drinking at the rate of an Oliver Reed bender. If you

Prices for the third generation Kluger start from $40,990 for the GX front wheel drive, or $44,990 for the all-wheel drive version.

This is the new Toyota LandCruiser Prado.Actually we'll let you into a little secret, it's the old Toyota LandCruiser Prado. They've just given it a serious makeover to make it more appealing to people who think that 4WDs should be more about posing than off-roading. 

Though Toyota tends to follow trends rather than begin them, its Kluger has been an exception to that rule.