January 2020 issue of 4X4 Australia is out now

WE USHER in the new decade with a bang, with the 4x4 Australia January 2020 magazine brimming with off-road goodness and ready for your eyeballs.

The new issue officially hits shelves on Thursday, January 9, but subscribers have already started to receive the mag in the mail.

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What better way to start the New Year than to preview all of the new 4x4s that’ll land locally this year. And by golly there are some good ’uns … Gladiator Rubicon, 2020 D-Max and the all-new Defender, to name but three.

Speaking of the Gladiator, we spent a day carving through the sand dunes of Nevada in a US-spec version. Plus we also drove two new Nissans coming soon to local showrooms: the Navara N-Trek Warrior and the Patrol Ti.

On the custom 4x4 front we delve into a wild HJ75 LandCruiser build – shoehorned with an LS1 V8 from a VX SS Commodore – which roams the outlaw territory of the Victorian High Country. Plus, we take a look at another V8 transplant, this time an LSA V8 into a classic Defender 90.

The Jeep Girls, Ashley and Brittany, take Synergy Manufacturing’s Jeepster Commando for a spin north of Los Angeles; Chris Collard follows a Mahindra Roxor UTV to the wilds of Mexico; and we feature our comprehensive 2020 mud-terrain tyre test.

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WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
- Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia
- Binns Track, Northern Territory (part II)
- Kennedy Developmental Road, Queensland
- Diff drops explained
- Product tests, columns and more.

The January 2020 issue of 4X4 Australia will be in stores from January 9.