Over the past decade, significant improvements in winching component safety has become available to the overland traveler, mostly as a result of synthetic ropes and soft shackles. The primary advantage of these products is to reduce the total mass of the winching components under load, a soft shackle weighing a fraction of a steel screw…
Overland News :: AutohomeUSA and OK4WD form Strategic Partnership
Autohome tents have been a stalwart of the overlanding community for over 60 years, and are often credit as one of the first roof tent companies to offer backcountry-suitable models. With the explosion of the popularity of roof tents in North America, Autohome needed to expand their dealer network and service to include the east…
BFGoodrich East-West Australia Jeep Expedition Retraces Continent Crossing
The year was 1969, and it seemed that there was nothing we humans couldn’t do. Man had not only broken the sound barrier but created a commercial airliner that would do so every day. Computers that had once taken up small buildings were being condensed down to something that could fit on your desk, and…
Ford Invests $500 Million Into Rivian to Build New Ford Electric Vehicle
When Rivian unveiled their R1T and R1S last November, our team was more than excited. These clean platforms, both in looks and emissions, brought serious capability and range to the off-road electric market, showing real promise for a future with overland travel. We were still a long way off from seeing either of these vehicles…
Overland News :: Dream Job in Colorado
Big Bucks for Working in a Western Paradise News Posting: Grand Junction, CO, April 22, 2019-incredible opening in Grand Junction, Colorado for the Executive Position of City Parks and Recreation Director. It does not get much better at $125,000-$140,000 a year for a low stress, time and holiday packed time off executive position with your…
The 2020 Range Rover Evoque
The 2020 Range Rover Evoque – To Call Forth A crossover SUV was never meant to be a truck; they have been designed to be a far more capable and usable car, and in some cases like the Evoque, a great car with the backroad performance that exceeds some traditional SUVs. This is not an…
Jeep Will Pay You a $100,000 Salary to Drive a Gladiator For The Year
One of the most common questions we see asked of overlanders is how do you afford to travel? How can you possibly take off from work and follow your dreams all over the country or the world? Well, there is a myriad of answers to that question, and now we can add one more to…
Expedition Portal and Cummins have partnered to help make your diesel dreams reality
You fall asleep at night thinking of your next vehicle project. You wake up in the morning to phantom smells of diesel fuel. You pull away from stop signs with a disappointing want for more torque. If you’ve given up hope and dismissed your ideas of having a diesel engine as unrealistic folly, or if…
Look Out Mercedes, Ford’s Releasing an AWD Transit Van in 2020
For quite some time now, Mercedes has enjoyed nearly unrivaled sales in the factory all-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive van market. In fact, they have been so successful in the space that they have occasionally had trouble keeping up with demand, a problem Ford hopes to help them remedy by throwing their hat into the ring. That’s…
MaxTrax Extreme :: First Field Test
“Expedition Portal gets a first look at the newest, and most durable MaxTrax yet.” I remember the first time we really, really, really needed Maxtrax. The Expeditions 7 team was deep into the Canning Stock Route in Australia and encountered a half-mile long, water-logged track. We had already been stuck many times that day, but…
RAM’s 2019 Heavy-Duty Line Is Better Than Ever
With synthetic winch lines, lower crawl ratios, more articulation, more payload and even more power, the new Heavy-Duty line of RAM trucks is a force to be reckoned with.
The New 2020 Defender Off-Road!
For what seems like an eternity now, we’ve been waiting for the release of the new Defender, and Land Rover has given us little teasers with a few concepts and even a large-scale sand sketch. The latest came a week ago with an Instagram post that said, “Do not unwrap until 2019,” which sort of announced…
First Look at Chevrolet’s 2020 Silverado HD
The full-size overland market has been exploding over the past two years, and it doesn’t seem like there is any end in sight. Each day more overlanders are realizing that the larger payloads, additional power, and improved comfort they’ve been striving for through modifications are easily achieved by stepping up to heavy-hitting three-quarter ton and…
Jaguar Land Rover Classic Moves to USA
Some time ago we wrote an article on a special portion of Land Rover and Jaguar called the Classic division. This marvelous feat of passion and design builds new versions of the cars and suv’s from the brand’s legendary heritage, including two-door Range Rovers, Series trucks, and even Jaguar D-Types. Of course, they fetch a…
Land Rover Celebrates 70 Years With Defender Outline
On April 30, Land Rover will be celebrating a huge milestone in their company history: its 70th anniversary. While most manufacturers would choose to throw a big party or rip around a racetrack, this British icon has opted to commemorate the occasion a little differently. They decided to drop world-renowned artist Simon Beck off at…
Expeditions 7: Greenland Ice Sheet Adventure Auction
Your Chance to Cross the Greenland Ice Sheet, overland. Join Expeditions 7 for the benefit of the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum.
Today in Weird Auto News: The Rezvani Tank
Over the last decade we’ve seen an increasing number of boutique automakers enter the marketplace, some a bit more impressive than others. The Local Motors Rally Fighter was one of the first in the off-road space to catch our eye, but others have popped up since like the Bollinger Motors all-electric off-roader. That vehicle is…
Texas receives an overland event of its own.
Over the past few years the overlanding scene has truly exploded, giving life to new events all across the country. Yet, despite the large number of enthusiasts in the central U.S., these expos and rallies seem to be concentrated solely along the East and West coasts, leaving those of us in the middle without many…
Cummins Now Taking Orders for their R2.8 Turbo Diesel Crate Motor
Over the last few years we’ve seen a number of creative attempts to convert various vehicles with diesel engines. From Jeep Wranglers fitted with VW power plants to trucks rolling on marine diesels designed to power electrical generators, we’ve seen it all. The most promising was announced last year with the introduction of the Cummins…
Jim Ratcliffe and Why You Might Want to Know His Name
When Land Rover ended production of the Defender, the assembly line had not yet come full stop before an eccentric billionaire began making claims he was going to single-handedly bring the vehicle back to life. The uber-rich are prone to such musings, but Jim Ratcliffe is not your garden variety rich guy, he’s a genuine…