Author Archive: 4x4magazine
AUSTRALIAN SAFARI COURSE SURVEY
The 2012 Australasian Safari is quickly gaining speed, with planning for this year’s event already firmly underway. Road crews have already locked down the first few legs of the race, with the course set to take a different direction to previous years.
MITSUBISHI TO AIM HIGH WITH I-MIEV
Mitsubishi will enter the i-MiEV Prototype in the 2012 edition of the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb held annually in Colorado in the United States.
GILDED SUMO GOLD
Tata Motors Full Throttle rallied home to victory in the 10th edition of India’s longest and one of the toughest off-roading events, the Desert Storm 2012 rally.
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.
TOPLESS EVOQUE
Land Rover will unveil a Range Rover Evoque Convertible Concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show in order to explore the potential for the world’s first premium convertible SUV.
FALKEN’S NEW TYRE TAMES ON AND OFF-ROAD TERRAINS
Street tyre technology provides superior on road performance for new all-terrain tyre range suitable for VW Amarok, Jeep Patriot, Toyota Land Cruiser and Land Rover Defender.
WINTER MADNESS
Winter darkness in the Russian countryside is absolute and dawn was only the slow changing of black through a few shades of grey. The two G-Forces were first off in today’s two stages, their headlights shining off the icy track in front of them.
HALF WAY TO CHAMPAGNE
Yesterday the crews had to deal with the bitter winter storm that raged over the prologue in the Virage motorsport centre. Today they had to deal with it’s aftermath. Drifts blocked the stage in several places and so the snow ploughs were called out.
CR-V EUROPEAN DEBUT
Honda has revealed images of the European CR-V Prototype ahead of its public debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 6 March 2012.
WHITE HILLS BAJA RUSSIA
Images of a a bright-orange Hummer chasing a pea-green Mini across the South American landscape are still fresh in our minds but now it’s time for the 2012 FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.
