Offroad

John and Holly Lupfer’s 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee was a perfect example of the type of vehicle we like to see on the trail. It was set up nicely for the job it was intended for, had some personality, and was not over-bedazzled with more than it needed. They joined us for the 2019 Jp View the full article

“I have loved Jeeps since I was a kid,” says 2019 Jp Dirt ’N Drive participant Alex Links. His dad bought this 1983 Jeep CJ-7 Laredo when Alex was 7 years old, and in its early days it was used for family hunting excursions and getting around on the ranch. When Alex went college, he View the full article

Before the day began, our Bronco was spread across the shop in a few piles of parts. By the time the sun went back under the horizon, we had a chassis rolling all on its own. The build started with some prep work on a spankin’-new Bronco body crafted out of sheetmetal from Golden Star View the full article

Hailing from Loveland, Colorado, Bruce Hayward came to the 2019 Jp Dirt ’N Drive Presented by Jeep driving his Jeep CJ-7. If the burbling rumble of its hopped-up V-8 didn’t announce its arrival first, then the purple-flamed retro paintjob would grab your attention as it passed by. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it View the full article

Hailing from Loveland, Colorado, Bruce Hayward came to the 2019 Jp Dirt ’N Drive Presented by Jeep driving his Jeep CJ-7. If the burbling rumble of its hopped-up V-8 didn’t announce its arrival first, then the purple-flamed retro paintjob would grab your attention as it passed by. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it View the full article

Hailing from Loveland, Colorado, Bruce Hayward came to the 2019 Jp Dirt ’N Drive Presented by Jeep driving his Jeep CJ-7. If the burbling rumble of its hopped-up V-8 didn’t announce its arrival first, then the purple-flamed retro paintjob would grab your attention as it passed by. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it View the full article

We might have just gotten another look at the 2020 Land Rover Defender. Some clever person managed to sneak a photo of the start-up sequence on the digital gauge cluster of the new Defender. The photo was posted to @landroverphotoalbum on Instagram over the weekend. The newer Land Rover models display the vehicle on the View the full article

Only an off-road enthusiast would understand the saying, “40s are the new 37s.” Since you read Jp magazine, we figure you do know. It refers to tire diameter for Jeeps. No we don’t talk about those silly P-metric 245-blah-blah sizes on a Prius. We Jeepers talk in a secret code of tire sizing that is View the full article

4×4 Respect I just wanted to say I really enjoyed your editorial about the Internet, different groups of off-road fans, and how some people engage in putting down others’ vehicles (“I Love the Internet,” Trail Head June 2019). I agree with you that as Jeep enthusiasts, we all love Jeeps and think they are the View the full article

1. Jeep News & Rumors The new Global President (as of this report) of Jeep is Christian Meunier. He comes from various gigs at Infiniti, Nissan, Ford, Land Rover, and Mercedes-Benz. He said: “The company is one I’ve admired from afar and Jeep is a brand that anyone would be privileged to be a part View the full article

Bear Necessities Even this curious young black bear knows a sweet Jeep when he sees one. Derek Blackwell from Bedford, Indiana, sent in his 2005 Jeep Wrangler TJ. Derek is a returning Jeep Shots submitter; six years ago we published his ride, and since then there have been several upgrades, including a beautiful wife, two View the full article

It looks like Kawasaki is ready to join the sport side-by-side game. With Honda’s recent Talon entry into the market, Kawasaki appears to be feeling left out. The company released a teaser video on its YouTube Channel showing the signature of a sport side-by-side with the headlights coming on and the engine revving. Now begins View the full article

“Why would I buy a pickup truck with anything but a V-8?” This was recently said to me by a reader who was incredulous at the proliferation of 1/2-ton pickup trucks with an array of non-V-8 options. His opinion of anything other than a V-8 was clearly less than positive. “No six-cylinder in my truck,” View the full article

Just before writing this story, we had recently been in Moab, Utah, where we wheeled with Tiger LeBrun. Tiger’s 4×4 ’65 Chevy van graced Trail’s End earlier in the year, and he was piloting yet another lifted Chevy van through the Moab trails. Shortly after, we journeyed across Arizona on Four Wheeler’s Overland Adventure, arriving View the full article

Airplanes fly, computers do more and more stuff every day, and automatic transmissions shift when they are supposed to. We have faith in all these things, even though all of us may not understand them fully. At the end of the day it’s still hard to believe that thousands of pounds of metal, fuel, and View the full article

A team of journalists will embark on a 3,106-mile coast-to-coast Jeep expedition in Australia next month. The purpose of the trip is to retrace Ian McDonald’s 1969 route across the Simpson Desert. McDonald and his friends were the first group of people to cross the entire Australian continent by vehicle. This year marks the 50th View the full article

We can’t recall a time when we had a more love/hate relationship with a long-term test vehicle. Let’s address the elephant in the room. This particular ’18 Land Rover Discovery was not without problems. In fact, it spent several weeks of our evaluation time at the dealership for various issues. But when it was working, View the full article

Gold Standard Chassis Parts AutoZone now offers the Duralast Gold line of upgraded replacement chassis parts for popular 4x4s. Primary features include hardened-steel component bodies protected by anti-corrosive coatings. Grease fittings further extend service life. Also, certain Duralast Gold ball joint applications are touted as having a 12 percent larger ball diameter than OE, which View the full article

Extreme Cell Reception Wilson Electronics now offers the weBoost Drive Reach. It’s an in-vehicle cellular signal booster designed to provide improved cellular connectivity in cars, trucks, and RVs. It’s compatible with all mobile phones and wireless carriers in North America. The Drive Reach is said to have uplink output power capabilities of 29.5 dBm and View the full article

The story goes that a quiet old lady told the bus driver going over the alps that she was happy to “stir the oil with that stick …” if he wanted to focus on steering the bus during their trip. We have stirred the oil, or rowed the gears, a few thousand times since we View the full article