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New and tested 4WDs
Examining the Everest range
Monday, 18 March 2024
For a long time NZ4WD has touted the Ranger Sport as ‘best of breed’. Tough looks, even tougher drivetrain, comfy cab. A true all-rounder. So, is the same true of Ranger’s sibling the Everest?
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Builds
A BT-50 build
Monday, 18 March 2024
Paul Richards’ 2013 Mazda BT-50 build
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Products
Keeping headlights sparkling
Tuesday, 27 February 2024
As our national fleet of  vehicles ages so does the plastic coverings of vehicle headlights.
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News and General
Lexus gets dirty offroad
Monday, 19 February 2024
Making a bold play for recreational rough-road users, Lexus has toughened the new GX550 as it adopts the new angular design cues of the Land Cruiser and Prado.
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News and General
NZ4WD Oztent winner
Monday, 19 February 2024
Taupo reader Mike Quartermaine is the winner of the NZ4WD Oztent competition, and is looking forward to testing it out in ‘4WD-land”, especially while the late-summer weather holds on.
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Products
Adventuring with Oztent
Monday, 19 February 2024
Oztent reckons when the first RV tent was launched it empowered a new type of camper and created a new camping category, pioneering the concept of quick set-up tents.
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Adventure NZ
Exploring Te Anau
Monday, 19 February 2024
Last month, I covered the trip down from Geraldine to Mossburn overnight then out to Walter Peak Station.
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News and General
Nissan’s x-trail hybrid
Monday, 19 February 2024
There’s a new wave of hybrid SUVs sweeping into the market.
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News and General
Raptor edges ahead of Ram’s TRX
Monday, 19 February 2024
he V8 is dead. No, wait, it isn’t. While the Ford F150 heads into V6 territory along with its rivals, something extraordinary has snuck into showrooms in the USA.
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News and General
Extreme truck builder
Monday, 19 February 2024
Dan Cowper is the force behind the Suzuki Extreme 4x4 Challenge and Cowper Trucks and more recently the Extreme 4x4 Experience at Turakina.  
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4WD Accesories
Ironman 4X4 – giving plenty of protection
Monday, 19 February 2024
Ironman 4x4 offers a full range of automotive accessories including bull bars, suspension upgrades, side steps and rails, rear bars, underbody protection, lights, winches, snorkels and camping gear
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News and General
A Triton for every need
Monday, 19 February 2024
New year, smart new look. Mitsubishi’s Triton is going great guns with a comprehensive rework for 2024.
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News and General
Adam’s Jimny adventure build
Monday, 19 February 2024
This is a story of passion and dedication. It is woven into the cult status of the Suzuki Jimny 4WD. It started, as so many Jimny builds do, with a stock truck bought new in 2019.
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Adventure International
Kiwis tackle the Simpson Desert
Monday, 19 February 2024
Gary and Carolyn Cooper have 'done the Simmo', one of Australia's most challenging drives.  In this first part of his tale, he covers preparing for the adventure and the first stage of the
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News and General
Jimny five door launch
Monday, 19 February 2024
There are only a handful of 4WDs that can genuinely lay claim to being ‘cult’ vehicles. Most of them occupy price landscapes well north of $70,000.
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News and General
Game changer: Ineos Grenadier
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Imagine being in the oil exploration business, and (of course) using tough long wheelbase 4WDs to get into and out of remote and inhospitable places as a matter of course.
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News and General
SEMA standouts
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
From mild to wild, America’s annual SEMA show displays the automotive industry at its most inventive and passionate.
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Motor Sports
Nurturing the next champions
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
For the second year running, a group of dedicated Waikato Offroad Racing Club members have staged an event focusing on the next wave of racers: the youth Kiwitruck category.
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News and General
4WD performance upgrades
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
The world of performance upgrades is vast, and it’s easy to get lost in a maze of tweaks.
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News and General
Performance Mechanical and Engineering
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Performance Mechanical and Engineering in Taupo has a well-stocked 4WD accessory store, backed by an extensive workshop and service capability for installations and repairs.
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News and General
Segway. A new name enters the UTV market
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
The brand founded in innovation, Segway, is about to make huge inroads in the New Zealand UTV (side by side) market.
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News and General
Vehicle theft prevention
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Imagine scouring Trade Me and Marketplace for weeks looking for that perfect 4WD vehicle. Then imagine spending months getting all those camp mods perfected, the off-road upgrades dialled.
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News and General
Bowler Challenge on the rise
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
t’s probably the stuff of nightmares for most Defender owners. Roaring down slushy tracks in gloomy forests, leaping over ditches and hammering through muddy puddles.
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News and General
New Triton emerges
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Mitsubishi has unveiled its ‘New-Gen’ Mitsubishi, a completely new body/chassis featuring its Super Select II transmission and proven diesel engines.
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News and General
Klem’s dream build
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
You have a business that specialises in repairing trucks and heavy equipment in the Central North Island, your business fleet consists of a number of Toyota 4WD utilities set up for mobile servicin
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