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Bushtech: lighter, stronger, better

Friday, 24 May 2024

Priced below $6,000 including GST, Bushtech aluminium canopies can be $3,000-$4,000 cheaper than rival brands.

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New and tested 4WDs

Hard working D-Max freshened

Friday, 24 May 2024

It was rubbish weather. All week the sun shone, rain fell each night but the mornings were glorious. Come the weekend, the whole North Island is shrouded in miserable curtains of rain.

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New and tested 4WDs

New Mitsubishi Triton

Friday, 24 May 2024

Dave McLeod, editor Company Vehicle

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Products

BushTech tray canopy on Hilux

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

BushTech Tray Canopies, built with Bushtech's 25 years automotive engineering experience.

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News and General

Baby cruiser in the works

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Toyota’s freshened Land Cruiser 70 is arriving soon, with a revamped Prado also imminent. There are murmurings about EV 4WDs.

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Motor Sports

Suzuki Extreme 4X4 Challenge event

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Sam and Caitlyn Thomsen survived an early rollover to win the 2024 Suzuki Extreme 4X4 Challenge, the toughest, most entertaining and largest 4WD event in NZ.

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4WD Accesories

Unravelling the World of Mud Tyres: A Guide for 4x4 Off-Roaders

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Embark on a thrilling journey through New Zealand's rugged terrain with the ultimate companion: Mud Tyres.

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Adventure NZ

Exploring Manawatu’s backblocks by Land Rover

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

There is nothing like a pending Land Rover Series 1 run to sharpen your focus on all those niggling little issues that you were supposed to have sorted out

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4WD Accesories

Beast or machine? Nexen offers the choice

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

When it comes to utes, performance and reliability are paramount. Enter Nexen’s latest Roadian ATX and Roadian MTX tyres.

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News and General

Jeep Wagoneer revealed

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Images of the new Jeep Wagoneer S EV have been ‘leaked’ online.

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4WD Accesories

Upgrade and enhance with Airplex

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

For over 40 years, Airplex has been a leading supplier of ute, car, and truck accessories in New Zealand.

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Builds

Globe-trotting Land Cruiser build

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Dedicated travellers Carsten Elsholz and Rose Healey met while working in Saudi Arabia, touring extensively throughout the region before relocating to New Zealand.

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Products

Toyo: tyres for all conditions

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

The Toyo Open Country A/T III and Open Country Rugged Terrain tyres are designed to excel in a variety of driving conditions,

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News and General

Toyota’s classic LC70 updated

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

It won hearts and minds when it launched in 1984, and it’s still beloved by tradies, farmers and other people who work for a living.

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New and tested 4WDs

Ford’s mighty Ranger XLT revisited

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

‘Ford Tough’ is the message that greets you on the digital instrument cluster when you climb behind the wheel of a new Ranger, and it’s a statement that hasn’t come lightly.

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News and General

Range Rover goes EV

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

The new electric Range Rover has been all but revealed as final-stage testing gets under way ahead of its launch later this year.

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Adventure NZ

Photo reconnaissance in glacier country

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Since 4x4Explorer Adventures started back in 2020, we’ve been looking at ways to expand our client base and diversify the business.

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News and General

Isuzu D-Max refreshed for 2024

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Isuzu has revealed the updated 2024 D-MAX range. It includes a revised line-up of variants including the new X-Rider. The entire range has improvements to design, multimedia and safety.

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New and tested 4WDs

A useful Amarok addition

Thursday, 18 April 2024

With a swanky, high spec interior and a surprising level of refinement and driver assist technologies, the petrol-powered VW Amarok is an interesting proposition.

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News and General

Improving excellence

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Since it was released in 2021, the Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series has built a reputation for combining modern comfort with impressive off-road capabilities.

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Adventure International

Into Africa

Thursday, 18 April 2024

For us there was just something unknown about Africa, too scary, too big, too complicated, too hot, and so it was left undiscovered until we started to ‘run out of road’.

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New and tested 4WDs

Listen up: the largest Defender is a real offroader

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Those who love ‘real’ off-roading listen up. As NZ4WD found when we named the shorter Defender our 4WD of the year, the new Defender remains a proper 4WD.

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News and General