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This new variant brings a fresh, more contemporary sense of design to the latest Discovery 4 line-up.

Standard equipment now includes side and curtain airbags, while the GLS model also gains a reversing sensor.

New to the range is an appearance pack available on Sport and Limited editions.

Now under Indian ownership, the company is starting over again, with the all new Korando SUV debuting this month in the UK.

Aimed at serious four-wheel drivers, the five-door wagon remains relatively basic in looks, while the interior is available with all expected conveniences and safety gear.

For a company that built its reputation on innovative agricultural products the successful production of a modern 4WD wagon seems unlikely. But this is just what occurred.

This is not surprising as it came from the stable of cross-country vehicles developed by the famous Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch company.

Those left-hand-driving Middle-Eastern sheiks and their sand dune driving friends have made it difficult for Nissan Australia to add a turbo-diesel version to the new V8 petrol Patrol SUV line-up.

It has the enviable record of being the world's best selling truck. For an incredible 24 years the F-Series truck has been America's best selling vehicle and best selling truck for 34 years.

Having been starved of big event launch platforms, many manufacturers held off until the show to release or signal the future arrival of some excellent new 4x4s.

A dusty ribbon in the north of South Australia, it runs from Marree in the south through to Oodnadatta.

Maps. I love 'em. With a good map and a compass, you can pretty much determine where you are at anywhere.

The all new Jeep Grand Cherokee arrives next month with a choice of the new 3.6-litre Pentastar petrol V6 or a 5.7-litre V8. A turbo diesel will follow mid year. \n

What was scheduled to be the penultimate round of the 2010 Australian Off Road Championship actually turned out to be the finale, following the cancellation of the Goondiwindi 400 after massive rainfall in that part of Queensland.

The Cherokee lurched and the rear wheels spun, desperately searching for traction as I coaxed the Jeep up a heavily rutted track in east Gippsland.

The Simpson Desert stretches from south-west Queensland across to the centre of South Australia.

A bull bar provides genuine protection from stray stock and wildlife when touring on outback roads and provides the perfect platform on which to mount a winch, driving lights and radio antennas.

The accolade, awarded for the first time this year, was judged by panel representing 23 countries.

Launched back in February, the radically styled Korean offering has been enthusiastically welcomed to the segment by compact SUV buyers, so much so that Hyundai dealers have been battling to keep up with demand.

Flown in from the USA, the left-hand drive Grand Cherokee was certainly a hit with Jeep enthusiasts.

The first issue of JUST 4x4s (Plus Vans & Utes) hit the news stands in February 1990, and from humble beginnings grew into a magazine dedicated to all things four-wheel drive.

The role of the Jeep in WWII provided publicity and endearment for a vehicle like none before it.

The Mitsubishi Pajero is credited with igniting the family four-wheel drive revolution in the early eighties.

The ute reigns supreme in rural Australia, with the honors going to Toyota and their seemingly indestructible HiLux.