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• 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado gets wild Wald treatment

  14-09-2024 23:00 via drive.com.au
  The tough off-roader gets even tougher with a body kit and custom wheels from the famed Japanese tuning house.The 2025 Toyota LandCruiser Prado is due in Australia by the end of 2024, but has already been beefed up by famed Japanese car customiser Wald International.The latest release from Wald International – the Osaka, Japan-based makers of custom body kits and aftermarket wheels – is a wildly modified Prado, known as the Toyota LandCruiser 250 Series in Japan and the United States
  
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• ‘It has character’: How the Ineos Grenadier became an overnight status symbol in Australia

  14-09-2024 21:27 via drive.com.au
  How did a barebones off-roader from a British start-up achieve a cult-like following Down Under – without a shred of advertising?
  The Ineos Grenadier broke cover in 2020, generating a Beatles-like hysteria amongst 4WD enthusiasts. Image: SuppliedDespite a price point that starts north of six figures (from $104,000 before on-road costs and up), the Ineos Grenadier is not your typical luxury SUV.The seats are manually adjustable, there are no vanity mirrors, much of the interior is finished
  
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• Mitsubishi says EV tech not yet suitable for utes: ‘It’s a show pony, not a workhorse’

  14-09-2024 21:00 via drive.com.au
  Workhorse utes and electric vehicle technology are currently at odds with one another, according to a senior Mitsubishi executive.
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  Mitsubishi Australia believes electric vehicle (EV) technology has not matured to the point of utilising it on a workhorse ute like its Triton, despite models like the BYD Shark and Ford Ranger soon to offer hybrid power.Speaking to Drive, Mitsubishi Australia boss Shaun Westcott said the shortcomings of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plu
  
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• Mechanics are helping to ease anxiety with this clever new tactic

  14-09-2024 04:00 via drive.com.au
  One Queensland-based car owner was pleasantly surprised by their new mechanic’s clever way of assuring them they weren’t being ripped off.
  A Queensland car owner has taken to TikTok to share their positive mechanic experience after the shop approached their repairs in a much more customer-friendly way.The TikTok user recalled taking their Kia Rio in for repairs, but instead of being left with just an itemised bill, received a video link for all the work that was being commenced on th
  
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• Australian company reveals stealthy mission-ready Special Ops 4WD

  14-09-2024 01:00 via drive.com.au
  South Australian-based manufacturer pulls the covers off a modified version of the Ineos Grenadier off-roader designed to work in Australia’s most extreme conditions – undetected.South Australian-based manufacturer Redarc has shown off a ‘mission-ready’ version of the Ineos Grenadier off-road wagon, designed to operate in Australia’s harshest climates – without revealing its location – at the 2024 Land Forces Expo in Melbourne.Using the four-door wagon T
  
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• Ken Block’s Hoonigan files for bankruptcy

  14-09-2024 00:00 via drive.com.au
  Hoonigan brand hits trouble only 18 months after the legendary founder’s death.The Hoonigan company made famous by the late stunt driver and automotive YouTube star Ken Block has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States (US).Hoonigan is an automotive aftermarket company – selling wheels, suspension and other components – with a number of brands including Fuel Off-Road, KMC, Morimoto, TeraFlex, Rotiform, and Black Rhino.The Denver, Colorado, based company
  
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