Locals call it Australia's Hummer capital, though more Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs can be seen than the American off-road vehicle.
And they're also threatened by increasing off-road vehicle use, the recreational burning of oil in these, you know, pristine places.
Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once was a symbol of America's love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker.
By early 2003, 106 teams had emerged from the ranks of university students, robot clubs and off-road-vehicle enthusiasts.
At the time of its introduction, the Explorer was a radical new thing--and its functional name implied that you could take the vehicle off-road, a message that Ford wanted to communicate.
In Ohio on Sunday, a sport utility vehicle veered off a two-lane road into a pond, killing six of eight teenage occupants.
In order for Range Rover to extend the vehicle's already amazing off-road chops, it had to do something about the truck's biggest dynamic liability: weight.
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The fourth annual vintage-flavored on and off-road rally is scheduled to begin on Saturday, April 27 with a pre-event technical inspection, vehicle display and driver's meeting all taking place at the historic bullring in Mexicali, Baja, Mexico.
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This is possible in a 2WD vehicle, as long as you do not go off-road.
In Virginia, three people were killed, including a 22-year-old man who died Thursday after his vehicle ran off an icy road, went over an embankment and landed upside down in a creek.
Imagine barreling through the Amazonian rainforest with machetes flailing from the windows of your off-road rig, and just as you're about to kick the vehicle into low gear, you pause to consider the impact of your vehicle's exhaust (among other things) on the delicate ecosystem around.
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The civilian Hummer still has enough off-road agility, maneuverability, ruggedness and hauling capacity to qualify as a military vehicle virtually anywhere on Earth.
Mr Paya's family dispute the circumstances around the 60-year-old's death and have alleged the vehicle was deliberately forced off the road.
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