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Kubota Revolutionizes Comfort and Cargo with the New RTV-X1140 'K-Vertible' Four-Passenger Diesel Utility Vehicle

Kubota Revolutionizes Comfort and Cargo with the New RTV-X1140 'K-Vertible' Four-Passenger Diesel Utility Vehicle

a Introduces at GIE+Expo its New Four-Seater, Cargo Conversion 4WD Utility Vehicle; PTO K-Connect Debuts for the RTV-X1100C, Making it the Ultimate Snow Removal Machine From the floor of GIE+Expo, Kubota Tractor Corporation today introduced a new addition to its popular RTV-X Series line. The new RTV-X1140, featuring a ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Engine Timing Chains Drive Wide Variety Of Yamaha Powersports Applications

BorgWarner Engine Timing Chains Drive Wide Variety Of Yamaha Powersports Applications

BorgWarner's Silent Chain Technology Delivers Quiet, Dependable Performance AUBURN HILLS, Mi --Sept. 10, 2015: BorgWarner supplies silent engine timing chains for a wide variety of Yamaha vehicles, including motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, recreational off-highway vehicles and personal watercrafts. Desi ... Continue reading

Honda Announces HPD-Powered Factory Off-Road Racing Initiative, First Race in SCORE Baja 1000

Honda Announces HPD-Powered Factory Off-Road Racing Initiative, First Race in SCORE Baja 1000

Honda unlimited off-road race vehicle, powered by Honda Performance Development - Factory off-road race initiative kicks off with Baja 1000 in November; continues into 2016 SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Aug. 24, 2015 -- Honda will make its 4-wheel off-road factory racing return this November in the SCORE Baja 1000 desert race ... Continue reading

All-New Ford F-150 Raptor Prototype Trail Testing +VIDEO

All-New Ford F-150 Raptor Prototype Trail Testing +VIDEO

Ford Performance engineers are busying trail testing prototypes of the all-new F-150 Raptor, the toughest, smartest and most capable Raptor ever. The all-new Raptor is able to tackle even tougher hills, ruts and bumps along trails than the previous model. Here an early engineering prototype that combines parts from the ... Continue reading

2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Official Communication

2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Official Communication

August 18, 2015 How do you improve ultimate? The Toyota Land Cruiser has long been the brand’s ultimate-capability, ultimate-luxury SUV, and for 2016 Toyota is ratcheting up the meaning of that term. New exterior and interior design features are the obvious changes made to the 2016 Land Cruiser, while new safety t ... Continue reading

Polaris Unveils the Latest in ORV and Motorcycle Product Lines for 2016

Polaris Unveils the Latest in ORV and Motorcycle Product Lines for 2016

The industry-leading Polaris portfolio expands to include new ORVs and motorcycles MINNEAPOLIS -- July 29, 2015: Polaris Industries Inc unveiled its 2016 product offerings from its motorcycle and off-road vehicle divisions this week during its annual summer sales meeting in Las Vegas. The 2016 lineup features exciting ... Continue reading

Polaris Annouces New Limited Edition Slingshot At 2015 Las Vegas Dealers Show

Polaris Annouces New Limited Edition Slingshot At 2015 Las Vegas Dealers Show

After turning heads across the country in Red Pearl and Titanium Metallic, Polaris® Slingshot® is adding a striking new edition to its line-up – the Black Pearl SL Limited Edition – starting this August. Fans took to Twitter and Facebook asking Polaris to release a black Slingshot® and the brand delivered in a big ... Continue reading

Future Growth in Infrastructure Projects Crank up Demand for Off-highway Vehicles in Brazil

Future Growth in Infrastructure Projects Crank up Demand for Off-highway Vehicles in Brazil

The mushrooming of manufacturing facilities to boost market volumes SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - July 6, 2015: The impressive growth of the Brazilian off-highway vehicle (OHV) market over the last six to eight years is expected to last well into 2021, despite some headwind in the near term, majorly caused by the country's econo ... Continue reading

2015 Ford Expedition Windy City Review By Larry Nutson

2015 Ford Expedition Windy City Review By Larry Nutson

2015 Ford Expedition A Texas-sized SUV By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau Chief The Auto Channel (DSC_1360) I distinctly recall the first Ford Expedition that made its debut in late 1996 with the 1997 model year. We had one. Ford’s pricing was very attractive at its launch and the Expedition had a third ... Continue reading

2015 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum 4x4 Review By Steve Purdy

2015 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum 4x4 Review By Steve Purdy

2015 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum 4x4 Review ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Unimog: Off Road Award: Unimog is Cross-country Vehicle of the Year 2015

Mercedes-Benz Unimog: Off Road Award: Unimog is Cross-country Vehicle of the Year 2015

For the eleventh time in a row the Mercedes-Benz Unimog has been named best Cross-country Vehicle of the Year in the "special-purpose vehicles" category by readers of the specialist journal "Off Road". This year, the "Cross-country Vehicle of the Year" poll had a total of twelve categories. More than 36,000 votes were ... Continue reading

Tire Surfing in Baja California, Mexico With Surfmaster Thom Cannell +VIDEO

Tire Surfing in Baja California, Mexico With Surfmaster Thom Cannell +VIDEO

Many were driving off road for the first time and I worried about their skills as it was far from Off Road #1 for me. Those initial impressions were soon to be proven both correct, and very wrong. My off roading has been in truck and SUVs with windscreens, not in $100,000 open wheeled race cars called BC Buggies, the o ... Continue reading

2015 Toyota 4Runner TRD Review By Steve Purdy

2015 Toyota 4Runner TRD Review By Steve Purdy

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Mercedes-Benz G-Class: Makeover for an Off-Road Icon +VIDEO

Mercedes-Benz G-Class: Makeover for an Off-Road Icon +VIDEO

All Mercedes-Benz G-Class models will in future offer up to 16 percent more power and lower fuel consumption. The range includes the G 500 with a new, powerful 4.0-litre V8 biturbo engine. All engines are compliant with the latest Euro 6 emissions standard. A new suspension setup, together with more sensitive ... Continue reading

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