Offroad

There are plenty of great reasons to find that old Jeep you’ve always wanted and build it, or restore it, or do a restomod. Our favorite restomods are neatly done and never overcomplicated, and they have appropriate powertrain and suspension choices that create an authentic, classic driving experience with a touch of modern technology. Building View the full article

It doesn’t take much persuading to get those of us at Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road to go camping. Heck, I for one love camping and have done it all my life. Sure, I’ve had bad times camping, and hotels with running water and toilets are sometimes very nice during a trip, but give me solitude, View the full article

1. Scout’s Honor Here is a picture of my ’75 IHC Scout II XLC. Original factory paint and arrow striping, original IHC 345ci V-8 with Stan’s Headers, Dana 60 rear and 44 front, 3.73 gears, spring-over conversion with Rancho 2 1/2-inch suspension lift, 35-inch Mickey Thompson Baja Claws on American Racing directionals, Bushwacker flares, custom View the full article

If you drive a 4×4, we are willing to bet you also partake in other pedal-powered activities. No, we’re not talking TIG welding or sewing machines, we mean bicycles. For the better part of the last year, we’ve had the honor of adding a two-wheeled off-road machine to our fleet of four-bys—the Trance 29 from View the full article

AM General is partnering with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to create a light tactical concept vehicle. The concept vehicle will be built on the Jeep Gladiator platform and will be called the Jeep Gladiator XMT. The partnership was announced at the recent Annual Meeting and Exposition of the United States Army. Both companies have military View the full article

Grand Entrance: The 2020 Nissan Titan XD made its world debut at Nissan Stadium (only 18 miles from Nissan’s Franklin, Tennessee headquarters) in conjunction with the Los Angeles Chargers vs. Tennessee Titans football game. Titan the truck; Titans the football team. Clever! Framework: The Titan XD’s foundation is solid, built on a reinforced, fully boxed, View the full article

There were no promises of perfect weather, clean socks, or anything remotely easy. The year was 1996, and three-person teams representing Land Rover North America dealerships were assembled for an event called TReK. Though the 1,000-mile excursions were not re-created, TReK aimed to borrow from the venerable Camel Trophy’s skills challenges and build a two-day View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article

In July, Polaris refreshed its 2020 RZR lineup with the Pro XP. Polaris is now adding a four-seat model to the mix. The Pro XP 4 will see all of the features carried over from its two-seat Pro XP brother, including the drivetrain. The Pro XP 4 is available in three trim levels, starting with View the full article

When it comes to building a trail-oriented truck, one of the biggest challenges can be working around the very thing that gives the pickup its identity—the bed. While the all-new Jeep Gladiator is sure to have more aftermarket bed support in six months than our ’01 Chevy S-10 did in its entire production cycle, it View the full article

Travis Chrystal has a saying when it comes to how he built his ’71 Chevy K10: “stupid-simple.” Examples: After selling his ’06 GMC 1-ton dualie and completing a restoration on his ’69 Chevy Camaro, he was bored and wanted a new project. “It needed to be something stupid-simple with parts easily obtained, which for me View the full article

Bigger. Bolder. Quieter. Quicker. Smoother. Stronger. Smarter. Those are just a few of the words that came to mind when we wrapped up a couple of days behind the wheel of the ’20 GMC Sierra HDs, both gas and diesel. The four-wheel-drive Crew Cab 2500 and 3500 dualies we drove made it clear that GM’s View the full article

We don’t need to rattle off our credentials for you to know that the staff of 4WOR spends a lot of time not only wheeling but also traveling, camping, and yes, even getting stuck. Just as the best skiers still fall down from time to time, we manage to get mired in mud, break in View the full article

On the Ultimate Adventure we have always shot video to document the event, but this year we upped our game by bringing along Motor Trend Group’s go-to director, Ryan Foss, and his highly skilled video crew. Editing in real time is no small feat, not to mention all of the gear required to shoot video View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article

The FourWheeler show is now available on the MotorTrend App, the only subscription streaming service dedicated entirely to the motoring world. Sign up for a free trial to start binge watching right now! FourWheeler Show Description: If it has wheels and goes off road, Ian Johnson will work on it! In FourWheeler we work on View the full article

When building one of the first Jeep Gladiators to hit the trails after the truck’s release, it was only natural for Mel Wade, owner of Off Road Evolution, to do it in a big way. Before digging into the truck, however, he made sure to put the new Jeep truck through some thorough off-road tests View the full article

The FourWheeler show is now available on the MotorTrend App, the only subscription streaming service dedicated entirely to the motoring world. Sign up for a free trial to start binge watching right now! FourWheeler Show Description: If it has wheels and goes off road, Ian Johnson will work on it! In FourWheeler we work on View the full article

We were excited when we saw the photos of this ’94 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the application email for the 2019 Jp Dirt ’N Drive Presented by Jeep event, and we were equally ecstatic to see that the builder and owner of this sweet ZJ was NASCAR K&N West Series driver Brett Thompson from Twin View the full article

Everyone has favorites. For example, if you looked inside the Four Wheeler cooler during SUV/Pickup Truck of the Year or the Easter Jeep Safari, you’d find a varied collection of beverages. There’s Dr Pepper (Holman), water (Hazel), semisweet iced coffee (Korfhage), Coca-Cola (Brubaker), and the list goes on. Favorites carry over into the wheeling world View the full article