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Yes, and no. The biggest factor in towing stability is a heavier towcar than the trailer. So, ideally from a specification perspective, the max tow should be less than the towcar's unladen weight, certainly less than its GVM. And from an operating…

To much publicity, Willowbank Raceway dragstrip has banned road registered Fully Electric Vehicles from racing or testing. The statement includes this text: Note the emphasis on road registered. This is strange, given that the reasons would apply to non-road-registered…

Today, everything anyone does is on the socials. That has many positives, as for those of us Gen X and older we often don't have photographs of treasured times. But, photos which we'd rather exist, don't exist and we're glad not to…

Two new utes launching into an ultra-competitive market. One's a gamechanger, the other is not. You never know till you drive it, but what does the Tasman offer that we can't already have? Not power. Not an innovative drivetrain. Not a super…

The BYD Shark represent a brand new class of vehicle for Australia, a series-hybrid 4x4 ute, so no wonder there's lot of misconceptions. Hybrids and even series hybrids aren't new, but now we're into the 4x4/ute/tow market and these people want…

On Sunday 27th of October a hill climb amateur motorsport event was held at the Rob Roy track in Christmas Hills, Melbourne. This marked the first time that an event was exclusively run for electric vehicles only, and battery-electric at that. The…

BYD have released their new Shark 6 ute, their first 4x4, their first ute, and the first PHEV ute on the Australian market. It's not the first PHEV offroader, as certainly Range Rover got there first with the Range Rover Sport PHEV,…

A YouTube commenter suggested that portal axles mean a vehicle is taller than the equivalent without. While it's true that vehicles modified with portals are often taller than the original, it doesn't need to be that way because the modified vehicles…

The Unimog U1700L was used in the Australian Army and now many are owned privately. An owner requested some help with driving and winching, so helped him and made a video! Watch to learn all about the Unimog U1700L, it's…