4x4 Magazine Australia

4x4 Australia takes you to Australia’s most exciting and remote destinations , and we show you how to get there! We test the latest and greatest new and modified vehicles, as well as new camping and outdoor adventure equipment. We introduce you to loads of interesting people, show you heaps of awesome holiday trips and destinations, and we put you in the driver’s seat to tackle the country’s toughest off-road challenges. It’s a whole lot of dirty fun every month!

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FORD DEBUTS RAPTOR-LITE RANGER FX4 MAX • ROCK-READY FX4 MAX REVEALED, WITH AUSSIE-TUNED SUSPENSION AND FORD’S 2.0-LITRE POWERTRAIN.

MAZDA’S NEW BT-50 IS PRICED TO SELL • AUSTRALIAN PRICING RELEASED FOR THE NEW ITERATION OF MAZDA’S POPULAR UTE RANGE.

TRAVEL BULLETIN • ALL THE LATEST 4X4 NEWS AND EVENTS

THE HEIR APPARENT • CAN THE ALL-NEW DEFENDER LIVE UP TO THE LEGEND STATUS OF ITS PREDECESSORS?

THE NEW DEFENDERS • THE 2021 LAND ROVER DEFENDER RANGE IS DUE IN FEBRUARY, WITH NEW SIX-CYLINDER ENGINES AND TWO-DOOR 90 MODELS.

BENCHMARKED D-MAX VS RANGER • THE NEXT-GENERATION D-MAX IS FINALLY HERE, BUT HOW DOES IT SHAPE UP TO AN ESTABLISHED BENCHMARK LIKE THE FORD RANGER? WE FIND OUT…

SAFETY FIRST • ASIDE FROM THE POWERTRAIN, THE NEW D-MAX IS JUST THAT. IT’S NEW … AND FROM THE GROUND UP.

THE POPULAR CHOICE • A NEW HIGH-TECH POWERTRAIN INTRODUCED TWO YEARS BACK HAS HELPED KEEP THE RANGER AT OR NEAR THE TOP OF THE 4X4 SALES CHARTS.

THE VERDICT

SINGLE USE ONLY • WHEN NEW-CAR MANUFACTURERS NO LONGER MAKE YOUR PERFECT TOURING VEHICLE, IT’S TIME TO CREATE YOUR OWN.

A CLOSER LOOK

THE YOUNG GUN • PUMPED-UP GQ PATROL IS A FLYING FIRST 4X4 FOR YOUNG NICK MITIC.

A CLOSER LOOK

SAND BLASTING • FROM STUNNING FRASER ISLAND IN QUEENSLAND TO VICTORIA’S PORTLAND DUNES AND OVER THE WEST TO DIRK HARTOG ISLAND, THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF THE SANDY STUFF TO SATISFY THE BEACH-LOVING OFF-ROADER.

FRASER ISLAND, QLD

MORETON AND STRADBROKE ISLANDS, QLD

DIRK HARTOG ISLAND, WA

STOCKTON BEACH, NSW

PORTLAND DUNES, VIC

AVOIDING SAND TRAPS • SUMMER IS UPON US, HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR DRIVING ON THE BEACH.

LESSONS FROM LIMA • A SHORT DRIVE FROM MELBOURNE TO THE HEART OF KELLY COUNTRY PUTS YOU AMONG SOME CHALLENGING TERRAIN TO TEST MAN AND MACHINE.

METAL MANIA • THERE’S BEEN AN EVOLUTION IN UTE CANOPIES. FEATURING A LOW PROFILE, LIGHTER WEIGHT AND EASIER REMOVAL, THE METAL TUB TOPPER BEATS STANDARD CANOPIES IN PRICE, STYLE AND PRACTICALITY, AND MATCHES THEM IN CARRYING CAPACITY AND SECURITY.

GEAR PRODUCT TESTS & NEW STUFF

RADIO ACTIVE • THE GME XRS 330-C UHF CB IS NOT ONLY AN EXCELLENT COMMUNICATOR, IT’S TEACHING AN OLD DOG A FEW NEW TRICKS.

TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN? • BELONGING TO A 4WD CLUB BRINGS WITH IT MYRIAD BENEFITS. HERE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SIGN UP.

AS GOOD AS NEW • JIMMY HAS BEEN PARKING HIS BACKSIDE ON MSA 4X4’S CANVAS SEAT COVERS FOR EIGHT LONG YEARS, AND THEY’VE SURVIVED EVERYTHING.

READERS’ RIGS • WANT TO SEE YOUR 4x4 PUBLISHED IN THE MAG? SEND US A PIC VIA OUR FACEBOOK PAGE!

MAKING MUSSO MEMORIES • UNDERSTANDING WHAT AUSSIE DRIVERS DO WITH THEIR VEHICLES IS SOMETHING KOREAN CARMAKER SSANGYONG HAS QUANTIFIED.

MECHANICAL BEAUTY • THE ‘DIRTY OL’ HILUX MAY NOT BE A SHOWPIECE, BUT IT’S A ‘WORK OF ART’ IN EVERY OTHER RESPECT AFTER A REFRESH.

THE SCORE • THE ESSENTIAL NUMBERS AND PRICES OF EVERY 4X4 ON SALE IN AUSTRALIA