WINCHING TECHNIQUES: HOW TO BE OFF-ROAD READY
How to properly use a winch and maintain it Understanding winching techniques, knowing their capabilities and limitations and how to maintain them properly is critical. Newcomers and seasoned travelers, alike, can make off-road excursions safer with winch know-how. The smell of Mother Nature’s freshness after a hard rain
2020 Defender 110 Test Drive
First Drive with the Comfortable and Capable Defender 110 There may not be another vehicle for overlanders as iconic and as storied as the Land Rover Defender. Its roots run back to the Land Rover Series vehicles beginning in 1948 to the debut of the first Defender
Land Rover Discovery Vertical Impression
An Overland Discovery Comparison The Land Rover Discovery is an iconic vehicle in its own right, but it has always been overshadowed by its fancy big brother, the Range Rover, and its even older and scrappier sibling, the Defender. The Discovery is the Land Rover that is
Land Rover’s 4xFar Festival 2020
We get behind the wheel of the all-new 2020 Land Rover Defender at 4XFar. Music performances, outdoor activities, and the first chance to drive the all-new Land Rover Defender were all features of the inaugural 4XFar festival in Coachella Valley on January 18-19, 2020. With the weekend
Overland Expo West: Our Top Ride Picks
Overland Expo West 2019 was as big a party as anyone could have hoped for. Three days of new products, vehicles and gear catered specifically to the vehicle-based adventure travel market. Here are some of our favorite vehicles from this weekend’s show:
1947: Land Rover Defender is Born
1947: The aftermath of World War II. The Land Rover was being prototyped by the Rover Company. Rover was looking to produce a product that could be exported to earn crucial income to aid a war-stricken economy. Rover’s original factory had been severely bombed during the
Importing Dreams
The Land Rover Defender is both myth and legend to those of us in the States. Tales from far away lands tell the history of these aluminum boxes traveling to the edges of the map and coming back again with a few more beauty marks.These vehicles
MIKE HUSSEY – 1993 CAMEL TROPHY WINNER
Camel Trophy winner Mike Hussey In 1980 the Camel Trophy introduced the world to automotive adventure. Created with the intention of traversing a three thousand-mile trek along the Tranzamazonica highway (a Brazilian road stretching across the Amazon,) the Camel Trophy brought three teams from Germany to the jungle
