NZ4WD August 2010

CONTENTS: ► Feature: Fieldays 2010 ► Feature: Oreti Beach Clean up ► Feature: Unfinished Business ► Feature: Protecting your 4WD ► Feature: Our readers survey ► Feature: DVD review ► Challenger test ► New Navara tested off road ► 4WD Sport ► South Island off-road racing ► Trials season preview ► Outback Challenge ► Extreme winching ► RFC challengrs in Italy

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After two seasons in the hot seat Phil Collins has passed the role of NCO (National Competition Officer) on to Neville Dunton.

On show to Kiwis for the first time at Fieldays, the Isuzu D-Max immediately began selling right from the site at Mystery Creek.

Not many people would go out in the rain without at least a coat on (except maybe in the middle of a stinking hot summer’s day). So why would you want to go off-road without some protection for your 4WD?

The New Zealand Off-road Racing Short Course championships are held annually at the Waikato Winter Show at the Claudlands Showgrounds where ORANZ competitors battle through brackets of classes racing on a tight course to decide the New Zealand Short Course Champion.

Ron and Debbie Strume opened their gates to some of the local North Island 4WD Clubs for a two day teams recovery event during May, and members from the South Waikato 4WD Club, Bay of Plenty Four Wheel Drive Club and Eastern Bay Twin Diff Club took the opportunity to have a weekend away.

We were standing out at Extreme 4WD Park, near Helensville, west of Auckland, wondering just what was going on. Lots of the fences near the old shearing shed had been taken down, our cross-axle test hole had been filled in, and way in the distance – it looked as if it was on the neighbouring property (and that’s where we thought it was) - was the huge silvery shape of an aircraft!

Do you find your 4WD hasn’t get enough power to get you up steep hills when you’ve a load of people and camping gear on board?

Chrysler Group has released images of the all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee, expected here early next year. Highlights of the new Jeep include a choice of three 4WD systems, new Jeep Quadra-Lift air suspension and Selec-Terrain systems, and towing capability of 3,300 kg.