News and General

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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Mazda freshens the BT-50
Monday, 11 November 2024
Mazda has updated its BT-50 4WD diesel ute in the first significant refresh for more than four years.
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BYD Shark arriving soon
Monday, 11 November 2024
The BYD Shark 6 Ute, first seen at the National Fieldays event in June, is about to arrive in New Zealand.
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Waterproofing that 4WD
Monday, 14 October 2024
Winter’s gone, no real need to be thinking about water intrusion, right? Nope.
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A new swamp buggy
Monday, 14 October 2024
The mad world of swamp buggy all-terrain vehicles is getting popular. Joining the Atlas, profiled recently by NZ4WD, and the Sherp, apparently available in New Zealand, is Atrina.
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Hard working Hilux
Monday, 14 October 2024
Jamie Winsloe’s 1993 Toyota Hilux has been reborn several times. Built for hard farm work back in the early 2000s in Christchurch, it went to a farmer near Lake Hood in Canterbury.
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Carry that gear in style
Monday, 14 October 2024
Fully Equipped has established itself as a prominent supplier of aftermarket automotive accessories for utes and 4WDs in New Zealand and around the world.
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Nissan reveals new Patrol
Monday, 14 October 2024
The long-awaited new-generation Nissan Patrol has been shown in Abu Dhabi, but there’s a long wait for a right-hand drive version.
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