Tag: 4×4
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A Review of the New Defender
I don’t envy the designers at Land Rover. Creating the new Defender must have been one of the most challenging jobs of the automotive world. The old models have been adored across the globe for decades, for their flaws as much as their off-road capabilities. Their designs were simple, rugged and instantly recognisable. The new…
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The 4×4 Travel Guide to Eastern Africa
‘Most travel books,’ Maureen Day claims, ‘fail to mention the small, important details that can take the stress out of planning and eliminate the fear of the unknown.’ She is herself the author of a most unusual travel book: ‘4×4 Travel Guide Eastern Africa’. Maureen Day was born in Luanshya, Zambia, and educated in Rhodesia…
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The Concours: Beautiful and Beastly Machines
‘This place is like Heaven,’ my older son said. Now, he is not usually given to that kind of enthusiasm and extravagance, so I took special note. Myself, I wouldn’t call the place Heaven – but it would rank close by. OK – we are talking about Schuhmacher’s 4×4 down Langata Road. Rainald Schuhmacher is…