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Building a rig for overlanding isn’t just about the bits and pieces you add. You have to start first with the basics: which vehicle to build. In the case of Ben Gardner, it came down to Toyota. He had a ’90 4Runner that was used for traveling and four-wheeling, but found it underpowered and it View the full article

ICON Vehicle Dynamics presents Adventure Theater, March 7-8 at the OC Fair & Event Center as part of Four Wheeler Adventure Expo. Get inspired by this compilation of short films showcasing outdoor, active lifestyle and off-road adventures. BUY TICKETS Entry to Adventure Theater is included with the purchase of an Adventure Expo ticket. Purchase event View the full article

The decision to call up Breen in place of nine-time World Rally champion Loeb was announced on Monday in the wake of the latter's disappointing sixth-place Rally Monte Carlo finish. However, the 45-year-old revealed that Hyundai team boss Andrea Adamo gave him the option of whether to participate in Sweden or not, and that he decided against it. "I didn't have any particular desire to go [to ...Keep reading View the full article

The 2020 Mahindra Roxor will get a slight cosmetic update, possibly a deliberate attempt to create stylistic distance between the off-highway side-by-side and Jeep’s old CJ-7. For 2020, the Roxor does away with its cascading, “4 ½-slot” grille in favor of a rounded rectangle grille with a body-color surround. Forming an oval around the headlights, View the full article

Suarez’s move was reported earlier this month by Motorsport.com. Suarez, 28, will drive the No. 96 Toyota, reuniting him with the manufacturer with which he enjoyed much of his early success in NASCAR competition. “My NASCAR career started off really well and Toyota was a very big part of that. To have them in my corner again gives me a lot of confidence,” said Suarez, the 2016 Xfinity ...Keep reading View the full article

The biggest change fans will notice is the alteration of stage lengths for 16 races in the Cup series, with the most common difference being a shortening of the third stage. The overall lengths of races did not change (except for the new doubleheader at Pocono Raceway this season). The Daytona 500 will now have stages of 65, 65 and 70 laps. The final stage of last year’s race was 90 ...Keep reading View the full article

When the tire has “Mud-Terrain” plastered across the sidewall, our first question for the General Grabber X3 was “but what else can it do?” We installed a set of 35×12.50R17 X3s on our two-door ’17 Wrangler and went through our typical weekend routine—driving far and near in search of wild terrain. Whether it was a View the full article

2020 Pickup Trucks’ Towing Capacity! New Trucks That Tow 10,000 Pounds or More New Trucks That Tow 20,000 Pounds or More New Trucks That Tow 30,000 Pounds or More There’s probably no bigger arena in the automotive sphere where marketing spin flies faster and harder than with pickups. And it gets even crazier when it View the full article

“Have I mentioned that there are no parts available for S-10s?” Taylor Wise asked that a couple of times while telling us about building his ’89 Chevy S-10. Then why did he pick that vehicle, you may ask? It found him. Kind of. The story of this pickup begins at the side of the road View the full article

The six-time World Rally champion fell 12.6 seconds short of Hyundai rival Thierry Neuville during the 2020 curtain-raiser in his first competitive outing as a Toyota driver, ending a streak of Monte Carlo wins dating back to 2014. Although he said he didn't feel comfortable to push hard in pursuit of Neuville, Ogier bolstered his points haul by finishing second on the Power Stage, leapfrogging ...Keep reading View the full article

The future of Rally Australia in its most recent guise is under doubt, thanks to both unrest from competitors over the Coffs Harbour base, and New Zealand being added to the 2020 schedule at the expense of Australia as part of what is understood to be a rotation plan between the two. A campaign has now kicked off to return Rally Australia to Perth, with WA Liberal Party leader Harvey launching ...Keep reading View the full article

If the standard, plain-Jane Ford Bronco isn’t rugged enough for you, then you might be interested in this vehicle spotted in Michigan recently. With more off-road goodies than other Bronco mules we’ve seen, could this be the 2021 Ford Bronco Raptor, built to battle the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Recon? Is a Ford Bronco Raptor on View the full article

“I do think the rules change (last season) has had a drastic impact on the drivers and teams’ ability to communicate with each other and value the right things,” Keselowski said Monday at an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway kicking off its 60th anniversary season. “That dynamic has caused a fair amount of riff and ripples across the whole sport and the easiest way for Team Penske to ...Keep reading View the full article

We’ve been getting teased with Ford’s four-door Bronco, but now we’ve been treated to a glimpse of the SUV in its two-door form. What We Know About The Two-Door Ford Bronco: Shorter wheelbase (think: two-door Wrangler) Independent front suspension Solid rear axle Larger BFGoodrich KO2 all-terrain tires It might not be the production-bodied vehicle we View the full article

Keep Your Diesel Truck Charged! Battery Essentials – Basic Training High-Output Alternators Save the Day Cranking over the high-compression mass of a diesel engine takes a lot of stored energy to accomplish. This is why diesel trucks use two high-cranking-amp batteries to get the pistons pumping. Most trucks rely on two lead-acid batteries to do View the full article

We get a new look at the suspension under the 2021 Ford Bronco, as well as some rolling footage of the long-awaited SUV. Confirmed 2021 Bronco Suspension Details: SOLID rear axle Linked rear suspension Jeep-like fullsize spare tire Independent front suspension Front skidplate Body-on-frame construction 255/75R17 tires…for now With the Bronco debuting in Spring View the full article

More on Tires! Tire Test Guide – Choosing The Right Tire Bias Versus Radial Trailer Tires Understanding Tire Load Ratings Toyo Open Country H/T Tires – Tire Test Guide Let’s talk about rubber meeting the road for a moment. Like, literally. Unless your truck moves around on bulldozer-style Mattracks or some other intricate running gear, View the full article

2020 will be Brendan Gaughan's final season as a NASCAR Cup Series driver, returning for four races in the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet. His 63rd career start will come in next month's Daytona 500 before returning for the spring and fall Talladega races, as well as the series' second visit to Daytona in August. The car will be backed by Oil Distributing/South Point Hotel & Casino ...Keep reading View the full article

The 18-year-old son of 2003 World Rally champion Petter will make his first appearance in a Skoda next month in Sweden, with details of his programme yet to be confirmed. He will also continue to drive his Volkswagen Polo on selected rallies, having done so in last weekend's Rally Monte Carlo - although he was not registered to score points. "It's a fantastic honour and a really huge honour ...Keep reading View the full article

Breen and co-driver Paul Nagle, who accompanied him during his part-time schedule with Hyundai last year, will line up alongside the team's two full-time drivers, reigning champion Ott Tanak and Monte Carlo Rally winner Thierry Neuville. Though he'd showed solid speed in his two WRC outings with the Korean manufacturer in 2019, Breen was not named as part of Hyundai's plans for the 2020 season ...Keep reading View the full article

Reigning NASCAR Cup champion Busch finished ninth in the GTD class in an AIM Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3, but the team was never a factor in the battle at the front of the 18-car field. He completed four driving stints for more than six hours behind the wheel in total, but brake issues delayed the car he shared with Jack Hawksworth, Parker Chase and Michael de Quesada. “There was a lot ...Keep reading View the full article

Hyundai driver Neuville was in imperious form on Sunday, winning both stages in the first loop, and he maintained that as he won the 18.41km La Bollene Vesubie - Peira Cava test, 1.4s ahead of the Toyota Yaris of Ogier. It looked like Ogier was going to win the Wolf Power Stage, but Neuville matched Ogier’s time to take the stage win by a few hundredths of a second, meaning the Hyundai i20 ...Keep reading View the full article

Neuville carried his strong form into the final day to dominate the morning loop, winning the opening SS13 stage. That stage win meant he closed the gap to leader Evans down to 1.4s, and overhauled Sebastien Ogier for second place in the process. In the following La Cabanette - Col De Braus test, the Hyundai driver went 5.4s faster than the Evans to take the lead with a four-second gap to ...Keep reading View the full article

Evans went into the afternoon loop 4.8s ahead of his Yaris teammate Ogier, but lost all of that advantage as Ogier went second fastest in the St Ledger Les Melezes - La batie Neuve stage, leaving both drivers tied for the lead as they went into the final run of the day. In SS12, La Breole - Selonnet it looked like Evans might have lost his rally lead after going off the road slightly towards ...Keep reading View the full article

Ogier had started the morning with a 1.2s lead over his teammate, and extended it by 1.6s in the opening SS9 stage, but Evans fought back in the La Breole-Slonnet loop to win the stage by 7.6s and take the lead of the rally by 4.8 seconds. Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville remains third, having won the St-Leger Les Melezes - La Batie Neuve test, but the 2019 WRC runner-up lost 14 seconds in the ...Keep reading View the full article