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Focus on the Navara
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Founded and still based in New Zealand, Fully Equipped offers a diverse range of world-class accessories and a professional services.
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Lucky ol’ America
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Hands up everybody who sees a Lexus and immediately thinks ‘phwoarrr, off- roader’. Anybody?
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BYD Shark launched
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
BYD has entered new territory with the Shark 6, a utility vehicle blending cutting- edge innovation with raw power aimed at  taking on both urban streets and off-road trails.
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Roaming the south
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Jill Waterman didn’t really intend to become a camper owner. Together with her husband Max, she’d wandered into a caravan  and camper show – and walked out with a camper.
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Staying safe on the road with PME
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Performance Mechanical & Engineering Ltd (PME) is the New Zealand importer and distributors of tyre pressure monitors  from Australian brand iCheckTPMS.
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New MU-X breaks cover
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
In Australia, it’s the second-most popular large SUV of 2024. Now, the Isuzu MU-X is getting a midlife facelift update.
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Navara: Nissan sticks to its guns
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
It’s been a while. In fact, a longer while than is comfortable. ‘Platform shared’ vehicles usually debut in different years, with the lead partner getting to market first.
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What’s that on your Jimny?
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Mountain goat and beach boss, the Suzuki Jimny is New Zealand’s favourite small 4WD for a reason. It goes places bigger  4WDs can’t and has ‘fun’ stamped on its DNA.
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A Jeep tribute
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
The Jeep Wrangler is one of the oldest and among the longest-running nameplates in the US car market, first appearing in  the brand’s off-road SUV range in 1986.
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50 years of Jimny fun
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
No 4WD on sale today has stayed as close to its origins as Suzuki’s Jimny. This ‘proper’ 4WD SUV traces its roots back to  Suzuki’s first mainstream global success, the LJ50.
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LDV launches new T60 flagship
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Launched at the end of 2024 and on sale from mid-January, LDV’s range-topping LDV T60 Max Plus gets engineering  tweaks, a fresh face, and a revised cabin.
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New Patrol creeps closer
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
It’s big, bold, and flying in the face of ‘electric everything’ car engineering it is petrol-only.
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Toyota’s 4WD Hiace van gets a restomod
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Back in the day, it wasn’t just Mitsubishi building off-road capable 4WD vans.
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KIA shows offroad ideas
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
KIA has shown off a pair of concept vehicles that reach out for some off-road credibility.
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A caravan for every offroad adventure
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Christchurch’s GLI Caravans sells lift-top campers, camper trailers and caravans and has just expanded into selling inflatable boats.
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JAC ute arrives
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
NZ’s newest 4WD ute is the JAC T9 ute, and it arrives with a single high spec model and a sharp sub-$50k price
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VW shows off Scout 4WDs
Tuesday, 14 January 2025
VW has shown off its new Scout EV 4WDs in America. The company will build a double cab pickup and a four door SUV, with vehicles going on sale in late 2026 or early 2027.
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Medium 4WD SUV of the Year: Land Rover Discovery Sport
Sunday, 15 December 2024
The 2024 version of the ‘Disco Sport’ is a revelation.
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Compact 4WD SUV of the Year: Suzuki Jimny
Sunday, 15 December 2024
It’s the very definition of a cult 4WD. Suzuki’s mighty Jimny is a firm favourite among all who own it.
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4WD ute of the year: Ford Ranger Tremor
Sunday, 15 December 2024
This is good, very good. The Tremor is based on the mid-spec 2.0-litre Ranger Sport but has the line-up’s full-time selectable 4WD system, which is standard on V6 Rangers.
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Overall NZ4WD of the Year 2024 and Large SUV of the year: Ineos Grenadier
Thursday, 12 December 2024
The first mistake an Ineos Grenadier owner makes is about time management.
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Exceptional vehicles -Awarding the best 4WD utes and SUVs
Friday, 06 December 2024
It’s getting more and more difficult to pick winners. The standards set by manufacturers keep getting reset in technology, safety, driving dynamics and ergonomics.
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New handheld radios from GME
Monday, 11 November 2024
GME is proud to introduce its newest range of five-Watt handheld UHF CB radios, the TX6165.
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Flated offers clever off-road storage
Monday, 11 November 2024
In a world where weekend off-road trips can easily slip into the too-hard-basket after a busy week of hard graft, Flated gear offers a new, easy way to get organised for a weekend adventure.
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What the heck is a Jimry?
Monday, 11 November 2024
This is called the Jimry apparently. A slightly disturbing mash-up of Suzuki’s cult Jimny 4WD and the company’s Every van.
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