On September 8, Jeep announced its first all-electric vehicle. And make no mistake: it is a real Jeep. The doors bolt off, the windows detach, and the differentials lock. Thanks to that last feature, the company says it’ll be capable of tackling challenging overlanding trails, too. What this Jeep Recon will not be doing is […]
My wife and I have four kids, plus two big dogs, and the whole crew loves to play outside. As you can imagine, packing the car for any trip is an absolute beast: there’s So. Much. Damn. Gear. As a result, I’ve spent years testing various contraptions that add storage to a vehicle. What follows […]
The scissor jacks that come with most new cars, trucks, and SUVs are woefully inadequate. Relying on one risks your own safety and damage to your vehicle, and could leave you stranded due to a problem as simple as a flat tire. But speciality off-road jacks can also be dangerous, expensive, challenging to use, and […]
With more power, more torque, a factory long-travel suspension system complete with high quality dampers, front and rear lockers, steel off-road protection parts, a winch, and even a seriously nice tech-laden wood-and-leather interior, the new 2023 GMC Canyon AT4X elevates itself far past any mid-size pickup truck competition. But priced at up to $65,000 it […]
With more power, more torque, a factory long-travel suspension system complete with high quality dampers, front and rear lockers, steel off-road protection parts, a winch, and even a seriously nice tech-laden wood-and-leather interior, the new 2023 GMC Canyon AT4X elevates itself far past any midsize pickup truck competition. But priced at up to $65,000 it […]
Rig’D Supply RambleRack-1 Bike Rack ($900) Rig’D calls this an off-road bike rack because it’s meant for people who want to haul their bike down dozens if not hundreds of miles of bumpy and rutted dirt roads and not worry about the rack or the bike. They assured us the bike would stay absolutely locked […]
A global pandemic. A war in Europe. Worldwide supply chain issues. A massive shortage of semiconductors and materials. Runaway inflation. Rogue protestors and Republican governors shutting down border crossings. Five-dollars-per-gallon gasoline. The market for cars and trucks has gone positively haywire. Vehicles are more expensive than ever—if you can find one. But even now, it […]
I’m not a convertible-sports-car kind of guy, so when I started feeling the pull of a midlife crisis, I did what some adventurous 44-year-old husbands and fathers would do: I fell deep into the rabbit hole of overlanding. You might be familiar with overlanding, in which people turn their trucks or SUVs into self-contained adventure […]