4x4 Magazine - September 2022

To the manner Berne This 1993 G-Wagen started life in service with the Swiss Army. Now demobbed, it has emigrated to the USA – where the team from Legacy Overland were waiting to remanufacture it as a world work piece of automotive art. And being a Mercedes, it took to its new life as if born to the task… Words: Kaziyoshi Sasazaki Pictures: Legacy Overland

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4x4 Magazine - September 2022

Published on Aug 12, 2022Vehicles

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This is already 4x4 magazine’s 40th anniversary, but there’s another milestone in our history this year too – and we’re celebrating it in the new issue. It was in September 2002 that we launched Total Off Road – a magazine which still lives on today as part of 4x4, having merged with it a few years ago. So we’ve taken a look back at the features from that first ever issue – including a Defender 90 that was already a comp safari legend even then, a cheerfully chaotic French lane run aboard the brand new Jeep Cherokee and one of the first Grand Vitaras ever to be modified into an off-road weapon. In addition, we’ve put two seemingly identical SUVs under the spotlight to find the differences that matter – and if you’re waiting eagerly for the all-new Volkswagen Amarok, we’ve got the st

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4x4 Magazine - September 2022

Articles inside

Triangle Vert A hardcore French lane run in a then-new Jeep Cherokee

Fouquet Under the skin of a classic off-road race car

Peugeot or Citroen Related SUVs go head to head – with surprising results

Subscribe Get fi ve issues of 4x4 for just eight quid

NCF Blitz An answer to rusting SJs that should have sold way more than it did

Restifi ed G-Wagen Former army truck becomes an heirloom off-road

Modded Grand Vitara Very early lifted Suzuki from the good old days

Subaru XV Reigning Small SUV of the Year proves its mettle off-road

Classic Comp 90 One of the best known racers from the Hillrally’s heyday

VW Amarok Full details revealed of the all-new premium pick-up

Truckman Pick-up specialist launches ARB’s premium Ascent hard-top

Bowler Extreme model is a near-OE take on the original Spectre 110

Hot Wheels Could your 4x4 be immortalised as a die-cast classic?

White Stones Local authority to repair damage done in anti-4x4 rampage

Alan Kidd Without Total Off Road magazine, 4x4 would not still exist

John Brown 4x4 Electric conversion unveiled for Series Land Rovers

Rhino Charge Brits bring home class title in legendary African event