How To Prepare Your 4×4 door Off-Roading in Mammoth
Adding some extra clearance to your truck is a great way to increase its performance off the pavement or to make a big impression at a gathering with friends and competitors. Suspension lifts can ramp your chassis up from just a couple inches to a foot or more. This extra height delivers the following benefits: Greater clearance over rocks, roots and ruts in the wilderness Better appearance on the road or in the parking lot Improved...
How I crossed the world’s largest lake…by car
Driving a Mazda CX-5 across Lake Baikal in the depths of Siberia is a test of endurance for car and driver writes Geraldine Herbert From Irkutsk we drive to Listvyanka, a small town on the shores of Lake Baikal. The 60 kilometre road runs through a white forest frozen under thick snow and was laid in just two months in preparation for what should have been a landmark state visit to Russia by the US President Dwight D Eisenhower in...
Nikki Hayes drives the Dacia Duster
Our Guest Reviewer, SPIN 1038 DJ Nikki Hayes has been checking out the Dacia Duster To be honest I had never driven a Dacia, I never even knew Dacia are part of the Renault family. Dacia are a Romanian company and were founded 50 years ago and yet in my 20 years of driving I had never experienced one until now. The lovely guys in Linders Renault, Pavilions Shopping Centre invited me to their new store #RetailRevoltuion. It’s quite the...
First Drive: Ford Edge
Sales of SUVs have quadrupled across Europe since 2005 and Ford are adding the new Edge to their line-up writes Suzanne Keane What is it? The Ford Edge may have been on sale across the Atlantic for a number of years but has now been reconfigured for the European market as part of Ford’s SUV expansion plan. First impressions of the new Ford Edge On the outside the Ford Edge is a sporty and aggressive looking SUV, especially in Sport...
Your guide to buying winter wheels
As the temperature drops the lure of a good set of winter wheels is very appealing but how do you choose the best option for you asks Geraldine Herbert It seems even the most ardent city dweller occasionally yearns for a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) given the pace of sales over the past few years. There was a time when the choice of a 4×4 was simple but now there is a bewildering range to choose from and car makers have...
