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A machine to keep your eyes out for at this weekend's National 4x4 & Outdoors Show and Fishing & Boating Expo at Melbourne Showgrounds is a unique off-roader/camper.

The National 4x4 and Outdoors Show and Fishign & Boating Expo opens this Friday, August 23, at the Melbourne Showgrounds, and runs to Sunday, August 25. Visitors to this year's show will have the opportunity to win big, with over $30,000 worth of the latest outdoor products, accessories and experiences up for grabs!

In addition to some of the newest 4x4s from the likes of Nissan, Holden, Suzuki and Isuzu, this year's National 4x4 & Outdoors Show and Fishing & Boating Expo, Melbourne, will feature a "blast from the past", too.

Ford have announced that an all-new SUV for the Australian market, the EcoSport, will be available locally this December.

At Ford's massive press event announcing the future lineup of Ford vehicles for this country, there was also a 'far-future' concept amongst almost a dozen 'near-future' production vehicles. Ford chose the Sydney event for the global launch of the 'Everest' SUV concept.

Tata Motors will preview its new range of 4x2 and 4x4 commercial vehicles bound for the Australian market at the National 4x4 & Outdoors Show and Fishing & Boating Expo, August 23-25 at the Melbourne Showgrounds.

After being absent from recent runnings of the Dakar Rally, Ford will return in 2014, with a 2-car team operating the Aussie-designed and developed Ford Ranger pickup.

The Rentsches have done it again! The father and son team of Ian (navigator) and Shannon (driver) Rentsch have taken the win at this year's Bentley's Cabin Park Flinders 450, the third round of the 2013 Australian Off Road Championship (AORC).

In a first for this year's National 4x4 & Outdoors Show and Fishing & Boating Expo, there will be a dedicated Automobile display area, with opportunities to test drive the newest 4x4 from selected manufacturers.

A match race against a plane and a 4x4 may seem an unfair duel, but recently, just such a race did happen when the all-new Range Rover Sport and the legendary Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane faced off to measure their off-road mastery.

While the opening six months of 2013 has seemed to be all "doom and gloom", particularly here in Australia, Land Rover is set to record one of its best years ever, with worldwide sales for the first half of 2013 up 11 percent on last year's figures.

Lexus Australia has launched a special edition of their entry level RX 270 SUV, with a range of features usually seen only on higher grade models.

The 2014 version of Mitsubishi's Challenger SUV has been released, with the manufacturer claiming that the latest version "has returned to its roots" to offer a spacious five-seat vehicle that is capable both on tarmac and off.

Holden's brand new VF SS V Redline utility has proven itself against the traditional 'test' of any car - Germany's Nurburgring race circuit, setting what the company claim is a new world record.

Following the release of the 'Altitude' pack on the LandCruiser 200 Series - and other models - last year, Toyota have announced that the Altitude pack is back, adding $5,000 of extra value for only $1,700 extra.

After relocating to Innisplain last June, Scenic Rim Adventure Park are now in a fight to keep their four wheel drive and camping facility in operation following council's refusal to allow rezoning of the land to suit their business.

Leading West Australian coachbuilder, Remote Access Vehicles (RAV), recently completed their latest special vehicle designed to service the state's mining boom.

Last year, Toyota's Kluger SUV was available in a special 'Altitude' edition offering $8,000 of extras. Now, following the LandCruiser and RAV4 Altitude editions launched earlier this year, Toyota has relaunched the Altitude edition on the Kluger, claiming $9,000 of extra features for only $1,300 extra.

It may be perceived as something of a "soft roader," but Lexus' LX 570 recently proved it's got genuine off-road ability with an impressive performance in the Baja 500 desert race in the USA.

Holden has released a special edition of the Colorado workhorse range - the Colorado "Thunder" - with a bundle of extra goodies at no extra cost.

Avida Motorhomes reached a special milestone at the end of May, with the production of their 10,000th motorhome.

The 'Volvo Cars Roadshow' is up and running once again, and is set to roll into regional towns across Australia over the coming months.

Land Rover is one of the most improved brands in the UK - in 6th place and entering the top ten list of manufacturers for the first time - according to data collated in the Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Survey (VOSS).

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced on May 22 that the Outlander Sport (known as the ASX in Australia has been named a 2013 "Top Safety Pick+"*2 award winner by the United States' Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)*3.