WHEN you own multiple vehicles including some that don’t get driven all the time, a quality battery charger becomes an invaluable piece of kit. And if your vehicles range from your family car to your weekend 4x4, and your motorcycles and boat, you ca

POINTS ignition is the automotive equivalent of Latin – so outdated nobody out there can understand them, and there’s no bloody reason to have them around anyway. Unfortunately, Nissan didn’t get that memo with the GQ Patrol. My ’88 wagon and its car

INEOS Automotive has launched a Chassis Cab variant of its Grenadier Quartermaster, with pricing in Australia to begin at $102,000 plus on-road costs. The five-seater double-cab 4x4 is aimed at conversion specialists and has been developed alongside

The Yakima MajorShady 270 awning provides 7.4m² of sun and weather protection and is made from 420D ripstop poly-cotton fabric with a PU waterproof coating for protection from sun, rain or snow. The awning features robust aluminium support poles with

I only recently purchased the vehicle and have only been as far as Mount Buffalo, Victoria, but I’m planning a trip from Melbourne to Perth at the end of the year, so slowly gearing up for that. A few more upgrades and we should be ready. It currentl

THE team at South Australian lighting manufacturer Lightforce has been at it again, raising the bar for vehicle auxiliary lighting. The newest product from Lightforce is the Beast, a 222mm roundish driving light that uses 36 Osram LEDs to offer a li

AT THE end of each magazine production cycle, in the final days before we send the files off to the printer to create the magazine, I sit down to write this page. Sometimes I’ll have something in mind and occasionally it will have been something that

INFINITI has lifted the lid on its QX80 in the USA, 4x4 wagon that will share componentry with the highly anticipated Nissan ‘Y63’ Patrol. The QX80 – not slated for release in Australia – will utilise a 3.5-litre twin-turbo V6 petrol engine capable o

Headlining this issue was an in-depth yarn on two diesel contenders, the then latest Land Rover Discovery versus the latest Mitsubishi Pajero, with our reviewers giving the Pajero the nod. Other vehicles tested included the Discovery V8 and Isuzu’s t

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IMAGINE a destination that covers more than 170,000km² and is made up of ancient landscapes, an idyllic coastline, heritage-listed sites, some of the oldest rock art on earth and, importantly, contains some great four-wheel driving opportunities. The

> K’GARI (FRASER ISLAND) David Bearman was touring the majestic K’gari (Fraser Island) in his 2016 Toyota HiLux. And, as luck would have it, he drove all over the island and never got bogged – until he sunk down to the axles near a shop entrance, rig

WHEN on the hunt for improved mobile reception in our Triton, Powertech guided us to the all-new Cel-Fi GO, a 5G roaming vehicle cellular mobile signal booster/repeater amplifier. The Cel-Fi GO Roam R41 is compatible with both Telstra and Optus allow

GVM (Gross Vehicle Mass) upgrades seem to be a subject of constant conversation whenever you’re hanging out with anyone building up a new 4x4 to carry lots of gear and tow large trailers. But what is GVM and why does it matter? And do you really need

Mods on thisY62 include a 2300 Harrop supercharger with 75mm pulley andVIS fuel pump; PDC stainless-steel snorkel and airbox; Dash front bar; Raslarr rear bar with spare wheel carrier and jerry can holder; Dash 3/4 rack with 170W fixed solar panel; F

FROM charging multiple power-tool batteries to cooking up toasted sandwiches and brewing coffees at smoko, Projecta has us covered for our power needs in our Triton ute. The importance of a reliable power source in a work ute cannot be overstated. En

ONE of the good things about starting off with a base-model vehicle is that you can improve the look of it tenfold simply by replacing the OE wheels and tyres. And so it was with our Ford Everest build. Even though the Everest Ambiante comes with fac

The XRS 390C UHF radio from GME has been out for a few years now but it still retains its spot as one of the best and most capable UHF radios on the Aussie market. While there are a number of radios in the XRS line-up, the 390C sits at the top of the