The Ineos Grenadier can now be ordered: the Utility starts at 59,990 euros, the Trialmaster and Fieldmaster station wagons at 68,990 euros.
INEOS Automotive plans a small, purely electric off-roader on a second platform – also a way to meet the EU CO2 fleet limits. A look at the plan and the rules.
Ford has announced that the new Bronco will reach Germany and a few European countries in limited numbers, as a four-door with a Terrain Management System.
Volkswagen has unveiled the new, second-generation Amarok: longer, with a 3,270 mm wheelbase, up to 1.16 t payload, five turbo engines and two 4MOTION systems.
Six years after the project began, Ineos Grenadier production has started in Hambach, France. The first customers are due to take delivery by the end of December.
Rough Parts brings numerous new products for the Mercedes G-Class: a modular 45 mm roof rack, folding table, recovery-board holder and folding side window.
Nakatanenga's modular CargoBear roof rack for the New Defender 110 offers a walk-on area of almost three square metres and fits at two heights, no drilling.
Pick-ups, panel vans and classic 4x4s dominate the overland scene. Look left and right, though, and Thore Fahrenbach's raised Volvo XC70 estate, nicknamed Ove, makes a fine all-rounder.
The Land Rover brand name is disappearing: manufacturer JLR's realignment into a House of Brands no longer has room for the famous oval emblem. A comment.
On Corsica, Larissa and Julian realised a big van no longer suited them. So they downsized to a Defender, gutted it, built it out and fitted a pop-top, ready to sleep anywhere with their dog Knut.
Compact, tough and comfortable: the ARB Earth Camper is a scalable off-road caravan. Register your interest to help bring it to Europe.
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After trips in a BMW e36, Elias wanted more independence. He chose a Land Rover Discovery 3 and, with his grandfather, a master joiner, turned it into a fully equipped camper, registered as a motorhome.
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Markus turned his Jeep Wrangler JKU into a proper camper, and the clever part is that it stays fine for everyday use with five seats, and low-budget too. He told us how he did it.
When storms kept driving Marlene and Franz into their car at night, they swapped their Pajero for a Toyota Land Cruiser GRJ76 and had it built into a compact camper with a rear-door kitchen.