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Review & Road Test: Toyota Land Cruiser LC79 GXL Double Cab Ute

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Engine: 4.5 litre DOHC 32-valve V8 common rail-direct injection turbo-diesel Power: 151kW @ 3400 rpm   Torque: 430Nm @ 1200-3200 rpm Transmission: Five-speed manual Construction: Body-on-frame Suspension: (F) live axle, coil springs (R) live axle, leaf springs Payload: 1095 kgs Towing: 3.5 tonne (braked) Economy: 11.9 litres/100 kms Price: Workmate $63,990 GXL $67,990 Overview The latest variant of Toyota’s popular 70 Series workhorse range is […]

Ford F350 4×4 Ute vs Toyota Land Cruiser Ute!

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Australian divisions of big US car companies – namely Ford and GM Holden – have always been influenced by their Detroit bosses, not only in product and design but also advertising. A number of Ford and Holden TV commercials screened in Australia over the decades were originally created in US advertising agencies, which were then […]

2013 Chevrolet Silverado HD: Full Details

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At Truck Jungle, we love pickup trucks no matter where they come from. And when you’ve got something big you need to tow – like, really big – there’s some huge hard-working trucks made in the USA by Ford, GM and Dodge that dwarf all other pickups for physical size and outright hauling and towing ability. They call […]

Land Rover: Where it all began

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Land Rover is more than a world-famous 4×4 brand – it’s an institution. For what was conceived in the 1940s as a stop-gap measure to help Rover Cars recover from its post-World War II blues, the Land Rover was launched in 1948 and quickly became a global success story and a huge export earner for […]

Arctic Trucks Hilux on 44″ tyres makes sand driving easy

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The wild balloon-tyred Toyota pickups built by Arctic Trucks International in Iceland are famous for their off-road prowess in freezing snow and ice, but as you’ll see here they’re equally unstoppable on soft sand. Truck Jungle had its first look at Arctic Trucks late last year here and we promised you’d be seeing more of them. We really […]

2013 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

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This is an awesome truck. The MY2013 version of the world’s ultimate OEM high performance off-road pickup is just starting to hit showroom floors in the US, along with the latest F-150 model on which it is based. And it’s at around this time each year, when companies start releasing their latest US models, that […]

All-new 2013 Nissan Patrol V8: full details

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Nissan has released full details of its all-new Y62 Patrol truck wagon not due for release in Australia until January 2013. Word is the delay is due to hot demand for the new Patrol in larger LHD markets, which has pushed smaller RHD markets like Australia down the waiting list. Nissan claims it is the […]

Wacky Land Rover TV commercial

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Ah, the 1970s. Back in those simpler times, Land Rovers were sold in Australia through Leyland which also sold Leyland tractors. So some bright spark at the advertising agency decided to combine the two as a tractor and 4×4 package designed to appeal to the man on the land. Not sure what the agency creatives […]

The Polaris Ranger Crew Review

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  This is the most powerful Ranger from Polaris. It has 904 cc diesel engine. Carries 6 adults in total comfort .  It features an isolation-mounted, fuel-efficient 24 HP YANMAR® diesel engine. New RANGER CREW DIESEL has superior suspension travel, ground clearance and towing, add in class leading fuel range and the RANGER CREW DIESEL is the Hardest […]

Portions of Interstate 10 bridge gone

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NEW ORLEANS — Officials reported that portions of the bridge on Interstate 10 west of here have completely washed away in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Truckers moving goods along the Interstate 10 corridor will have to make other travel plans, they said. Obviously, officials have no idea about plans to rebuild the bridge.

Truckers, traders adopt wait-see attitude on diesel prices

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WASHINGTON — At-the-pump diesel prices nudged only slightly higher during the seven-day period ending Aug. 29, as truckers and oil traders alike waited for full-impact assessments of damage done by Hurricane Katrina to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) in Washington reported a nationwide average increase of only two-tenths of a cent […]
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