LASER-GUIDED MERCEDES
Mercedes will be showing a compact premium-class SUV at the Shanghai Auto Show in the form of its Concept GLA.
NEWS
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT FOR CHEROKEE
Following close behind its world premiere in New York last month, the Jeep Cherokee has its international debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show on April 20.
PEUGEOT RETURNS TO PIKES PEAK
Nine-time WRC World Rally Championship winner Sebastien Loeb of France has entered the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, adding more international luster to the America’s second oldest motor sports event behind the Indy 500.
URBAN SUV CONCEPT FROM MG
It will be the world premiere of the stunning MG urban SUV concept car at the Shanghai Motor Show. It’s the latest result of a massive investment in the brand by MG’s owner, the giant SAIC Motor group, and previews MG’s first production urban SUV.
HISTORY
LEGEND REBORN
The PPI Toyota Trophy Truck, driven by legendary racer Ivan “Ironman” Stewart from 1994 to 2000, rolls out of RK Motors Charlotte, one of the nation’s premier restoration shop, after being fully restored to competition specifications.
25 YEARS OF MALAYSIA’S FIRST 4X4 CLUB
History was made when Malaysia’s first offroad club, the 4×4 Adventure Club of Kuala Lumpur, was officially registered on February 11 1987.
ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE FOREVER
Subaru today announced that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the debut of Subaru all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicles since the Subaru Leone Estate Van 4WD was first introduced in Japan in 1972.
60 YEARS OF LAND ROVER
Sixty years ago, farmers used horses to work the land and utility vehicles were used by the military. Then in 1948 a plucky litle car was invetned that changed all that. The Land Rover.
SPORT
WHERE THE TOUGH GETS GOING
The first event in the calendar of RFC Global Series 2013 in Italy was a series of hard fought exhausting 4×4 battles, it has also brought out the best in passion, style and skills from the 4×4 teams in their well crafted machines from Belgium, Austria, Slovenia and host country Italy. It has been a [...]
THE 2014 DAKAR: A BOLIVIAN TONE
For its 35th edition, the 6th to be organised in South America, the Dakar will set off on 5th January from Rosario in Argentina and finish in Valparaiso in Chile on 18th January, after a brief visit to Bolivia, which will become the rally’s 28th host country. The 2014 route, with several marathon stages on [...]
VINTAGE “SHOW N’ SHINE”
Since the late 1960’s, the legendary Mint 400 off-road race in Las Vegas has been one of motorsports most recognized events. With early star power coming from the likes of Parnelli Jones, James Garner and Steve McQueen, the “Great American Off-Road Race” has always created a special kind of historic significance.
THE RUSSIAN BEAR DEFEATED THE MALAYAN TIGER
This year`s RFC proved again that nothing is impossible, everything is just a matter of determination and decisiveness. This anniversary event in Malacca was worthy of the reputation of previous RFCs and will further strengthen its legend!
TRAVEL
ULTIMATE JIMNY GLOBAL CHALLENGE
On Sunday 31 March, four retired avid Suzuki fans began a 28,000 mile fundraising tour around the world in aid of Save the Children and the Oakhaven Hospice in Lymington, Hampshire.
TOYOTA HILUX ON JET FUEL
Toyota’s redoubtable Hilux continues to push the boundaries of extreme endurance, completing a marathon Antarctic journey of more than 5,900 miles, further than any vehicle of its type has managed before.
FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO TO THE OKAVANGO DELTA
The “Venturi Global Challenges” consist of a series of technological, but also human challenges through which Venturi intends to demonstrate its progress in the field of electric propulsion.
JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY
Production of the 1,000,000th Land Rover Discovery at Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull Manufacturing Plant near Birmingham in the UK, comes 23 years after Land Rover introduced its original model.
OTHER RECENT ARTICLES
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
As demand for utility vehicles increases around the world, the Ford Explorer is being produced from the ground up outside of the United States for the first time in the iconic SUV’s history.
WILD RUBIS CONCEPT
Citroën has unveiled the DS Wild Rubis, a unique and captivating concept which points to a future DS SUV. The concept will debut at the Shanghai Motor Show later this month.
RAPTOR SPECIAL EDITION
Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor, the ultimate high-performance off-road pickup truck, has a new Special Edition package customers can order that adds more unique touches to the hot-selling pickup.
NEW PETROL ENGINE FOR THE GLK
From June 2013 the GLK range will, for the first time, feature a four-cylinder petrol engine.
